Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Canada, US, attributive, not comparable)At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.

  2. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to a road bike.

    road tires

    road groupset

Examples

2709 sentences
  1. Take the road on the right.

    Поверни на дорогу справа. — deniko

    ruПоверните на дорогу справа. — Hellerick

    deNehmen Sie die rechte Straße. — faehrmann

  2. This road goes to the park.

    Ця дорога веде до парку. — deniko

    ruЭта дорога идёт до парка. — Hellerick

    deDiese Straße führt zum Park. — Tamy

  3. Am I on the right road?

    Я на тій дорозі? — deniko

    ruЯ на той дороге? — sharptoothed

    deBin ich auf dem richtigen Weg? — Espi

  4. We walked slowly along the road.

    Ми повільно йшли шляхом. — aandrusiak

    deWir gingen langsam die Straße entlang. — Alois

  5. I saw him crossing the road.

    Я бачив, як він переходив вулицю. — ascolto

    ruЯ видел, как он переходил через дорогу. — marafon

    deIch sah ihn die Straße überqueren. — Manfredo

Origin

From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile i

From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion”), from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“a ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”). Doublet of raid, acquired from Scots. Cognates include West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
at the venue of the opposing team or competitor:awayA1

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on the road
  • of the road
  • cross the road
  • the road was
  • off the road
  • across the road
  • down the road
  • on this road
  • crossing the road
  • road up ahead
  • hit the road
  • the right road

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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