# railroads

Pronunciation: say "RAYL-rohdz" US /ˈɹeɪlɹoʊdz/, UK /ˈɹeɪlɹəʊdz/

## Noun

1. Plural of railroad. — plural of railroad
   - Simple: Plural of railroad. Use this form when you mean more than one railroad.
   - _By the 1880s, competing railroads linked the coasts and reshaped the national economy._
   - _Several regional railroads merged to form a single freight carrier._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of railroad. — third-person singular simple present indicative of railroad
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of railroad. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The committee chair routinely railroads controversial measures through with little debate._
   - _The company railroads new hires into signing contracts before they can read them._

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