thoroughfare
A passage; a way throughA passage; a way through.
» This is not a thoroughfare.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A passage; a way through.
Durchfahrt, Durchgangsstraße
прохо́дproxód, прое́здprojézd
(countable, uncountable)A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
Durchgangsstraße, Hauptverkehrsstraße, Verkehrsader
гла́вная доро́гаglávnaja doróga, оживлённая доро́гаoživljónnaja doróga, оживлённая у́лицаoživljónnaja úlica
a public road from one place to another
(uncountable)The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
The sign leading to the other carriage reads: No thoroughfare.
(countable, uncountable)An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.
Wasserstrasse
во́дный путьvódnyj putʹ, кана́лkanál, во́дная магистра́льvódnaja magistrálʹ
Examples
3 sentencesThis is not a thoroughfare.
No thoroughfare to the beach.
deKein Durchgang zum Strand.
Parades of cars started honking their horns as they drove around the city while hundreds of people danced in Istanbul’s main thoroughfare.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare OldFrom Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).
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Forms
plural: thoroughfaresLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable