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highway¹
- /ˈhaɪweɪ/
- /ˈhɑjwɛj/ British, Southern, Standard
Rhymes with -aɪweɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high + way. Compare highgate, high street, high road.
Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).
noun highways · hwy. · hwy · hi'way · hi-way · hiway
- A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare. The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
- Any public road.
- A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny. You're on a highway to greatness.
- A road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits.
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Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).
Similar: bus
verb highways · highwaying · highwayed · hwy. · hwy
- To travel on a highway
Highway²
proper noun
- A western suburb of Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8680).
- A neighbourhood of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7143).
- A neighbourhood in Stoke sub Hamdon parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4717).
- A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0474).
- A sitio in the barangay of Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of San Carlos, Rosario, Batangas, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of San Jose, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of Anoling, General Nakar, Quezon, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of Ikirin, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of Pinagbayanan, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.
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A barangay of Dulag, Leyte, Philippines.
Similar: Poblacion
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: main road, carriageway, road, off-ramp, motorway, freeway, expressway, roadway, superhighway, autoroute, parkway, driveway, lane, roadside, traffic, trucking
Translations
Every language
noun main public road
| Español | autopista, multitrocha, autovía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 공로 gongno, 가도 gado |
| 日本語 | 公道 kōdō, 街道 kaidō, 公路 kōro |
| 中文 | 公路 gōnglù |
| हिन्दी | राजमार्ग rājmārg, हाइवे hāive |
| Português | rodovia, autoestrada |
| Français | grand chemin, grand’route, chaussée, autoroute |
| Deutsch | Hauptstraße, Chaussee, Autobahn |
| Italiano | strada maestra, via maestra, autostrada |
| Ελληνικά | αυτοκινητόδρομος aftokinitódromos |
| Română | autostradă, șosea, drum mare |
| Русский | шоссе́ šossɛ́, магистра́ль magistrálʹ, автостра́да avtostráda, автомагистра́ль avtomagistrálʹ, автодоро́га avtodoróga |
| Tiếng Việt | xa lộ, đường ô tô, đường quốc lộ, quốc lộ |
| العربية | طَرِيق ṭarīq, طَرِيق عَامّ ṭarīq ʕāmm |
| עברית | כְּבִישׁ מַהִיר kvish mahír, אוֹטוֹסְטְרָדָה otostráda |
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title = {highway},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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