Pedestrian Meaning
/pəˈdɛstɹiən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or intended for those who are walking.
adjOrdinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
Sentence Examples
The ambulance went out of control and came close to running over a pedestrian.
This cross street is busy with pedestrian traffic.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The driver stopped at the crosswalk to let the ____ cross the street safely.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city installed new crossings to improve ____ safety along the busy main road.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin pedester, root pedestri- (from pedes) + -an (suffix forming adjectives).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The piezoelectric pedestrian tubeways depicted for Shanghai 2121 will provide all-weather pedestrian transportation citywide."
— 2016, Alan Marshall, Ecotopia 2121: A Vision for Our Future Green Utopia in 100 Cities:
"England were hugely impressive in the first half in particular, when their supporters inside this magnificent bowl at Stade Velodrome roared their approval as Russia were pressed into submission and made to look pedestrian."
— 2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport:
"Their prose is pedestrian, their ideas weak. Hail them."
— 2016, Paradox Interactive, Stellaris (video game), scene: Anomaly Event 3086:
"[…] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]"
— 1912, Ralph Davol, Two Men of Taunton: In the Course of Human Events, 1731-1829, page 214:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The driver stopped at the crosswalk to let the ____ cross the street safely.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city installed new crossings to improve ____ safety along the busy main road.