road
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot…A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
Recorded UK: Association Shtooka, Judith Franck, CC BY 3.0 US, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Translations
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Examples
2703 sentencesTake the road on the right.
Поверни на дорогу справа. — deniko
ruПоверните на дорогу справа. — Hellerick
deNehmen Sie die rechte Straße. — faehrmann
The ball rolled across the road.
М’яч перекотився через дорогу. — uaspeaker
ruМяч перекатился через дорогу. — Hellerick
deDer Ball rollte über die Straße. — Sudajaengi
This road goes to the park.
Ця дорога веде до парку. — deniko
ruЭта дорога идёт до парка. — Hellerick
deDiese Straße führt zum Park. — Tamy
Meaning
12 sensesA way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
Straße
доро́гаdoróga, путьputʹ
доро́гаdoróha, шляхšljax, путьputʹ
(figuratively)A path chosen, as in life or career.
the road to happiness; the road to success.
путьputʹ
(uncountable)Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
We travelled to the seaside by road.
This car really hugs the road.
More meanings 9
An underground tunnel in a mine.
(UK, US)A single railroad track (railway track).
(usually plural)A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
A hard, flat pitch, typically favourable for batters.
(dated)A physical way or route.
(US, archaic)A railroad.
(obsolete)The act of riding on horseback.
(obsolete)A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
(obsolete)A journey, or stage of a journey.
- an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
- a way or means to achieve something
Origin
From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile iFrom 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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Forms
plural: roads| Singular | road |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonyms- an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation:route
Word family
217 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- on the road
- of the road
- cross the road
- off the road
- across the road
- down the road
- on this road
- crossing the road
- road up ahead
- hit the road
- the right road
- down this road
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.