highway

Pluralhighways

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A big, fast road with several lanes that links towns and cities.

   Like a wide, fast road that links one town to the next.

   The highway was packed with cars heading to the beach.

   We drove on the highway for two hours without stopping.

   Similarfreeway, expressway, motorway

   Oppositebyway

2. 2
   nouncountable

   Any public road that vehicles are allowed to use.

   Like any street the public is free to drive down.

   By law, every highway must stay open for the public to use.

   Cyclists share the highway with cars and trucks.

   Similarroad, thoroughfare, roadway

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3. 3
   nounfigurativelycountable

   A path in life that leads toward a certain future, good or bad.

   If you keep skipping class, you're on the highway to failing.

   Years of hard work and smart choices put her on a highway to success.

   Similarroad, path, route, course

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   In computers, a shared connection that links two or more parts of an electronic system.

   The processor sends signals to the memory along a shared highway on the circuit board.

   Engineers connected each component to the central highway.

   Similarbus

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