Question 1 · Quick check
roadway
CEFRB2
/ˈɹoʊdˌweɪ/
noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The part of a road used by vehicles.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
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.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.
A way used as a road.
More examples
In contextIt’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.
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.
Morning commuters in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas discovered slick sidewalks and icy roadways Monday.
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Origin
noun
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".