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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPRESSWAY

expressway  [ɪkˈsprɛsˌweɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPRESSWAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Expressway is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXPRESSWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of expressway in the English dictionary

The definition of expressway in the dictionary is a motorway.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPRESSWAY


anyway
ˈɛnɪˌweɪ
Broadway
ˈbrɔːdˌweɪ
castaway
ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ
Conway
ˈkɒnˌweɪ
crossway
ˈkrɒsˌweɪ
driveway
ˈdraɪvˌweɪ
entranceway
ˈentrənsˌweɪ
gateway
ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ
giveaway
ˈɡɪvəˌweɪ
highway
ˈhaɪˌweɪ
horseway
ˈhɔːsˌweɪ
midway
ˈmɪdˌweɪ
Norway
ˈnɔːˌweɪ
paceway
ˈpeɪsˌweɪ
parkway
ˈpɑːkˌweɪ
pathway
ˈpɑːθˌweɪ
raceway
ˈreɪsˌweɪ
railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪ
runway
ˈrʌnˌweɪ
subway
ˈsʌbˌweɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPRESSWAY

expressible
expression
expression mark
expressional
expressionism
expressionist
expressionistic
expressionless
expressionlessly
expressive
expressively
expressiveness
expressivity
expressly
expressman
expressmen
expressness
expresso
expressure
exprobrate

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPRESSWAY

asway
away
by the way
get away
go away
hold sway
in a bad way
in a way
in no way
no way
once and away
one-way
out of the way
out-of-the-way
oversway
sway
the way
two-way
upsway
way

Synonyms and antonyms of expressway in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «expressway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXPRESSWAY

Find out the translation of expressway to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of expressway from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «expressway» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高速公路
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autopista
570 millions of speakers

English

expressway
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक्सप्रेसवे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السريع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скоростной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

via Expressa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোটর রাজপথ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voie express
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lebuh raya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Autobahn / Stadtautobahn / Schnellstrasse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高速道路
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고속도로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Expressway
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường cao tốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிவேக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक्सप्रेसवे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Otoban
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

autostrada
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ekspresowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

швидкісний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

autostradă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταχείας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snelweg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

motortrafikled
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motorvei
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expressway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPRESSWAY»

The term «expressway» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.635 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPRESSWAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about expressway

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPRESSWAY»

Discover the use of expressway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expressway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pamphlet Architecture 26: Thirteen Projects for the Sheridan ...
01 llunts Point Terminal Market 02 Sound View Park 03 Bruckner Boulevard 04 Bruckner-Sheridan lntecchange 05 Bronx River Parkway 06 Sheridan Expressway 07 Cross-llronx Expressway 08 Crofona Park 09 Proposed Viaduct 10 llronx ...
Jonathan D. Solomon, 2004
2
International Conference on Transportation Engineering 2007: ...
WAYS AND METHODS TO MAKE URBAN EXPRESSWAY PLAY ITS FULL ROLE YAN Qiu1 Du Wen2 College of Traffic and Transportation, Southwest Jiaotong University, P.O. Box 610031, Chengdu, China, Erhuanlu Beiyiduan ST 111; PH ...
China) International Conference on Transportation Engineering (2nd, Kelvin C. P. Wang, Xia Luo, Yanjun Qiu, Yun Pu, Qiyuan Peng, Qiyuan Peng, Kelvin C. P. Wang, 2009
3
American Motorcyclist
Two years ago a 54-year-old New Jersey motorcyclist who uses his bike for daily transportation to work was arrested for riding on the Atlantic City Expressway where signs clearly displayed the Expressway Commission's policy banning ...
4
Hong Kong International Airport: Transport links
Design and construction of the West Kowloon Expressway, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi section of Route 3 and the North Lantau Expressway R. H. Lloyd, JP, BSc, CEng, FICE, MHKIE Construction of Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok ...
‎1998
5
The Encyclopedia of Louisville
Interstate 65 was designed to integrate within it both the already-existing Kentucky Turnpike, a four-lane highway running from the Watterson Expressway south to Eliza- bethtown, Kentucky, and the North-South Expressway. 1 Tie North -South ...
John E. Kleber
6
Network World
BY BARB COLE Company: Expressway Technologies, Inc. Based: Waltham, Mass. Founded: 1975 (as Henco Software) Employees: 25 Primary product: Expressway 103, a $25,000 decision- support query accelerator that works with Sybase ...
7
Chinese Capital Market Takeover and Restructuring Guide
Chengwei Liu. Although the two-step merger rarely occurs in mainland China, the structure of such a merger is of mention here as illustrated in Chart 14-17 below. 14.8. SEPARATION: THE PRECEDENT DEAL NORTHEAST EXPRESSWAY'S ...
Chengwei Liu, 2010
8
Texas Monthly
The meeting was packed with conservationists and advocates of the expressway alike, and invective was hurled from both sides. The exchanges were reminiscent of earlier meetings when architect Sam Zisman, who called the City's ...
9
New Orleans in the Sixties PB
THE RIVERFRONT EXPRESSWAY ACTIVITY ON THE RIVERFRONT Sketches of a proposed Riverfront Expressway had been on the drawing boards since the forties. It was not to be just a short roadway, but a loop that would link New ...
Mary Lou Widmer
10
China's Economic Development Strategies for the 21st Century
Beijing to the metropolitan area of Tianjin, then on to Tanggu, a port city located on the Bohai Rim. The Chengdu expressway which runs from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, and Chongqing, an industrial center in Sichuan Province, ...
Harry J. Waters, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPRESSWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term expressway is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Chesapeake Expressway speed limit up for discussion among …
Chesapeake, Va. – The city of Chesapeake is looking at the possibility of changing the speed limit on the Chesapeake Expressway. «wtkr.com, Jul 15»
2
Compensation cost for Entebbe Expressway escalates
THE Government is likely to spend over sh250b in compensation to land lords along Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, almost two times more ... «New Vision, Jul 15»
3
Group announced they support IDOT, 'Shawnee Expressway'
The new "Shawnee Expressway" would connect the intersection of Illinois State Highway 3 and Illinois State Highway 146 to Interstate 57. «KFVS, Jul 15»
4
Collision involving police van with detainees aboard leaves 24 injured
They collided shortly after 9 a.m. on a loop line of the Metropolitan Expressway, the Tokyo Fire Department said. The Metropolitan Police ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
5
Expressway authority names new CFO
Lumbard joined the agency more than a decade ago, when it was then known as the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority. «Orlando Business Journal, Jul 15»
6
NAIA Expressway likely to miss APEC deadline
But word on the street is that the P15.8-billion Naia Expressway project that is meant to link the three terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
7
City Hall pickets protest speed plans along Scajaquada Expressway
A small and vocal group turned out in front of City Hall yesterday to oppose a possible variable speed limit on the Scajaquada Expressway. «WBFO, Jul 15»
8
LASU students protest again, closes Badagry Expressway
The students, led by their President, Adeyemi Onikoro, used articulated trucks to block the Badagry Expressway. Not even the pleads of the ... «NigerianReviews, Jul 15»
9
Woman, 22, Dies in Crash on Long Island Expressway: Police
A 22-year-old woman was killed in a two-car crash on the Long Island Expressway Wednesday, police said. Andrea Acosta was driving a 2004 ... «NBC New York, Jul 15»
10
MSRDC to raise funds via land bk on Mumbai-Pune Expressway
"It is my priority to widen the Expressway and it will cost us around Rs 7,000-crore," Shinde said. He added that Fadnavis has formed a ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»

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