road

ɾoːɖ

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#1·5h ago

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.

Origin: From , rade, from , from , from , from . , acquired from . Cognates include West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway). The current primary meaning of "street, way for traveling" originated relatively late — Shakespeare seemed to expect his audiences to find it unfamiliar — and probably arose through reinterpretation of a way for riding on as saying way twice, in other words as a tautological compound. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·5h ago

(uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.

We travelled to the seaside by road.

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#3·5h ago

(dated) A physical way or route.

the road to happiness; the road to success.

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