lane

CEFRA2

/leɪn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A narrow road or a marked part of a wider road.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.

Examples

  • It is a long lane that has no turning.

  • The rightmost lane is now under construction.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A narrow road, as in the country.

  2. A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.

  3. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.

More examples

In context

  • There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.

  • Drivers should overtake in the outside lane

  • We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).