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Definition of highway
: a public way; especially : a main direct road
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Examples of highway in a Sentence
I had heard there was a traffic jam on the highway, so I took the side roads.
the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city
Recent Examples of highway from the Web
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Green was driving a 2006 Mercedes CLS 500 that left the highway and then hit a tree.
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A semi-truck filled with chicken feed overturned in Ramona Monday morning, blocking both lanes of Highway 78 and leaving the driver injured.
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PROS: — Quiet, comfortable cabin, especially at highway speeds.
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Future phases will address other segments of the highway.
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Driving from Adelaide to Coober Pedy takes almost 10 hours on the highway.
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The tanker flipped over on the national highway about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Multan.
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This desert expanse includes several border crossings between Syria, Iraq, and Jordan—and the strategic highway connecting Damascus and Baghdad.
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The book is about aliens destroying the earth to make way for a hyperspace highway and features Marvin the Paranoid Android and a supercomputer designed to answer all the mysteries of the universe.
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First Known Use of highway
before 12th century
HIGHWAY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of highway for English Language Learners
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: a main road that connects cities, towns, etc.
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