Roadway Meaning
/ˈɹoʊdˌweɪ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA way used as a road.
nounThe main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
Sentence Examples
Do not play on the roadway; it is very dangerous. Never play on the roadway!
Environmental and roadway factors can also contribute to single-vehicle crashes.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The interstate highway is a major ____ that connects multiple states.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ was closed for resurfacing work and traffic was diverted through the town center.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road + way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"On the south side of the two running lines is a second goods store, reached by a roadway along the south side of the station. This roadway also acts as a terminus for all provincial bus services from Limerick."
— 1958 May 26, W. J. South and L. Hyland, “Limerick as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, pages 297-298:
"It’s a dip of fewer than 150 deaths from highs reached in 2021, when the agency recorded the largest quarterly spike in its history of tracking roadway fatalities."
— 2023 April 20, Gregory Wallace, “Roadway deaths level off after pandemic spike, but remain high”, in CNN:
"Morning commuters in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas discovered slick sidewalks and icy roadways Monday."
— 2024 January 21, Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, “Icy conditions make for hazardous travel across central US, but warmer air is on the horizon”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The interstate highway is a major ____ that connects multiple states.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ was closed for resurfacing work and traffic was diverted through the town center.