broadway

CEFRB2

/ˈbɹɔdweɪ/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A famous theater district and street in New York City.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.

Examples

  • We're booked for the whole month on Broadway.

  • What kind of musicals are on Broadway right now?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.

  2. An esplanade.

  3. A straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em, or any of the cards (ace, king, queen, jack, ten) used to make such a straight.

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In context

  • Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.

  • Broadway connectors

  • Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance.

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Origin

noun

By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively. Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.