on-ramp

noun

: a ramp by which one enters a limited-access highway

Examples of on-ramp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web During the on-ramp period, a borrower's loans were automatically put in a forbearance after missing three payments. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2024 Westbound Loop 202 on-ramp at Higley Road will be closed. Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024 To eliminate the gifting market, the city created an on-ramp for these shops to become legally permitted as medical marijuana dispensaries and began accepting applications late last year. Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024 The Tesla attempts to run a stop sign at an on-ramp for the 110, a notoriously hazardous freeway that requires you to come to complete halt, twist your head far around to check for oncoming traffic, and accelerate rapidly to merge with motorists traveling around 70 mph. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on-ramp 

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Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of on-ramp was in 1956

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Cite this Entry

“On-ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-ramp. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

on-ramp

noun
ˈȯn-ˌramp,
ˈän-
: a ramp by which one enters a limited-access highway
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