pave

CEFRB2

/peɪv/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To cover a road or surface with a hard material.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.

Examples

  • I wonder if they'll ever pave this road.

  • Recent test drilling for oil may pave the way for development of the energy sector.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.

  2. To cover something with paving slabs.

More examples

In context

  • The city began to pave streets in 1910.

  • They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The city workers will blank the old road with asphalt next week to make it smoother.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).