(Canada) An elevated or underground walkway, often connecting high-rise buildings.
(Canada) An elevated or underground walkway, often connecting high-rise buildings.
"pedway" means: An elevated or underground walkway, often connecting high-rise buildings.. There is a drug-related reference, so this is one worth noticing without overreacting. Many teens encounter such vocabulary through music, film and friends without any direct involvement. A neutral, curious conversation about where they heard the term and what they understand by it is far more useful than a confrontation. Watch for repeated context, not a single word.
"pedway" means: An elevated or underground walkway, often connecting high-rise buildings.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“On the "pedestrian purgatory" of the pedway: "Limbo is a waiting room — a liminal space, of which the Pedway has plenty — but in Purgatory there is a job to do."”
"pedway" means: An elevated or underground walkway, often connecting high-rise buildings.. There is a drug-related reference, so this is one worth noticing without overreacting. Many teens encounter such vocabulary through music, film and friends without any direct involvement. A neutral, curious conversation about where they heard the term and what they understand by it is far more useful than a confrontation. Watch for repeated context, not a single word.
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A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
(US, Canada, Philippines) A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians.
(Britain) A moving walkway.
(chiefly, UK, Irish, South Africa, Canada, Mid-Atlantic US, countable) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
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(US) : an elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane.