highway

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (historical) A road that is higher than the surrounding land and has drainage ditches at the sides
2. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
3. (figuratively) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny
4. Any public road for vehicular traffic.
5. Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).

Verb

To travel on a highway

Sinonieme

road

🛣️

motorway

🛣️

main road

public road

freeway

thoroughfare

high road

expressway

route

path

🛣️

way

roadway

highroad

superhighway

state highway

turnpike

motorway

🛣️

street

thruway

course

interstate

throughway

high-road

passage

coming and going

pathway

pike

avenue

country road

track

speedway

paved road

boulevard

main line

main street

street traffic

autobahn

freeway

bus

🚌

carriageway

correspondence

divided highway

federal motorway

generous

lane

liberal

metalled road

pavement

public way

run

surfaced road

traffic

trunk

trunk road

A-road

autoroute

motor road

sea charts

super highway

right road

post road

interstate highway

busway

main artery

motor way

concentration line

pike

expressway

turnpike

thruway

state highway

throughway

superhighway

artery

Vertalings

autoroute

Autobahn

🛣️

carretera

🛣️

Landstraße

route

🛣️

autopista

🛣️

autosnelweg

🛣️

snelweg

autostrade

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhaɪweɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: heiȝwai

Geërf van Old English: hēahweġ

Verwante met Skots: heaway

In summary

From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high + way. Compare highgate, high street, high road.
Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).