omnibus
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omnibus
- /ˈɒmnɪbəs/ Australia, UK
- /ˈɑmnɪbəs/ US
Rhymes with -ɪbəs
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French (voiture) omnibus (“(carriage) for all”), from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).
noun omnibuses · omnibusses · omnibi
- A bus (vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads). In front of the latter [coach-houses for railway carriages] is a handsome building, intended as offices for the clerks of the Company, coach-offices, and apartments for the reception and accommodation of passengers, who will be conveyed thither in omnibusses from Liverpool, and taking their respecti
- An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form. This work is an omnibus containing all books in the Remembrance of Earth’s Past series.
- A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week. The omnibus edition of The Archers is broadcast every Sunday morning at 11:00.
- A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue. [M]any of the African nations issuing the World Cup stamps have pandered to international collectors, with some stamps not even sold in the country of issue. These ‘omnibus’ stamps featured topics and individuals with no links to the issuing country. African stamps displaying Disney themes, Princess
- An assistant waiter. “Then you divide your army amongst the various houses where restorations are ordered for Jubilee day?” / “Certainly—say one waiter to ten guests—if it was a dinner we should send one waiter to six guests—with runners, of course.” / “Runners?” / “Omnibuses you call them here—young ones—apprentices—wh
- an omnibus box.
adjective
- Containing multiple items. The legislature enacted an omnibus appropriations bill.
- Of a transportation service, calling at every station, as opposed to express; local.
verb omnibuses · omnibusses · omnibusing · omnibussing · omnibused
- To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package. In the tax levy measure were omnibused all appropriations for the maintenance of government for the fiscal year.
- To drive an omnibus. I'm two shillings short of usual rainy-day fares, and not a passenger is out, I'm certain—least ways can I see him, if there was. It's nice business, omnibusing is—in summer time!
- To travel or be transported by omnibus. [W]hat would not be the effect on the goods, and even on the passenger traffic, of the Grand Junction and London and Birmingham lines, if two miles of the rails were to-morrow taken up through the town of Birmingham, so that the first (good) had all to be carted, and the second (passengers) had all
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jitney, autobus, bus, motorbus, motorcoach, double-decker, charabanc, coach, comprehensive, package, overarching, basket, all-inclusive, rebus, mass, aggregate
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noun vehicle
| Español | autobús |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 公共汽車 /公共汽车 gōnggòng qìchē, 巴士 bāshì |
| Português | ônibus, ónibus, autocarro |
| Français | omnibus, bus |
| Deutsch | Omnibus, Bus |
| Italiano | autobus |
| Română | autobuz |
| Русский | авто́бус avtóbus |
noun anthology of previously released material
| Español | compilación |
|---|---|
| Português | compilação |
| Русский | сбо́рник sbórnik |
noun broadcast programme
| Español | antología semanal |
|---|
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