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I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish.
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Meaning of "subway" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUBWAY

subway  [ˈsʌbˌweɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBWAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Subway 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 SUBWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of subway in the English dictionary

The first definition of subway in the dictionary is an underground passage or tunnel enabling pedestrians to cross a road, railway, etc. Other definition of subway is an underground passage or tunnel for traffic, electric power supplies, etc. Subway is also an underground railway.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUBWAY


anyway
ˈɛnɪˌweɪ
Broadway
ˈbrɔːdˌweɪ
castaway
ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ
Conway
ˈkɒnˌweɪ
driveway
ˈdraɪvˌweɪ
fairway
ˈfɛəˌweɪ
freeway
ˈfriːˌweɪ
gateway
ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ
giveaway
ˈɡɪvəˌweɪ
hallway
ˈhɔːlˌweɪ
Hathaway
ˈhæθəˌweɪ
highway
ˈhaɪˌweɪ
midway
ˈmɪdˌweɪ
Norway
ˈnɔːˌweɪ
parkway
ˈpɑːkˌweɪ
pathway
ˈpɑːθˌweɪ
railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪ
runway
ˈrʌnˌweɪ
speedway
ˈspiːdˌweɪ
takeaway
ˈteɪkəˌweɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBWAY

subvicar
subviral
subvirus
subvisible
subvisual
subvitreous
subvocal
subvocalisation
subvocalise
subvocalization
subvocalize
subvocally
subwarden
subway train
subwoofer
subworld
subwriter
subzero
subzonal
subzone

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBWAY

away
by the way
get away
getaway
go away
halfway
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
right away
runaway
sway
the way
two-way
way

Synonyms and antonyms of subway in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SUBWAY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «subway» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of subway

Translation of «subway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUBWAY

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

Translator English - Chinese

地下人行通道
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metro
570 millions of speakers

English

subway
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भूमिगत मार्ग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مـَمَرٌّ تـَحْتَ الطَّرِيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тоннель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

passagem subterrânea para pedestres
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাতাল রেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passage souterrain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kereta bawah tanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unterführung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地下道
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지하철
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Subway
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường ngầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுரங்கப்பாதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भुयारी मार्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metro
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metropolitana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przejście podziemne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підземний перехід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metrou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metro
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tunnelbana
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fotgjengerundergang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of subway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBWAY»

The term «subway» is very widely used and occupies the 8.293 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBWAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «subway» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «subway» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «SUBWAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word subway.
1
Patch Adams
I've taken clowns into the war in Bosnia, the refugee camps of Kosovo, and none of those are any more important than clowning in a subway or an elevator or just walking down the street.
2
David Alan Basche
I'm happy to be the guy on the subway that people stare at and they just can't quite place it. I don't really like my life intruded upon too much. In a way, it's kind of nice to not be all that well known.
3
Daniel Boulud
Every time - well, not every time, but in celebration of a great review or a great accolade, I take the team of Daniel to Katz's Deli for lunch. We take the trip on the subway, we were like 40 or 50 people, and we go in the back room and have a pastrami sandwich.
4
Jordana Brewster
I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.
5
Warren Buffett
Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.
6
Meg Cabot
I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish.
7
Vince Clarke
With a track like 'White Christmas,' everybody has done that song in every format you can imagine, so I just looked at the chords at that particular song and what chords would make it work. That's kind of quite a sad song, and I had this idea of someone singing it in the subway, someone who is homeless, old and sad.
8
Stanley Crouch
If there's an intellectual highway, there's also an intellectual subway.
9
Mildred S. Dresselhaus
My older brother was a musical prodigy, and he got a scholarship to the Bronx House Music School. We moved to the Bronx when I was 4 to be close to his music school. Then I got a music scholarship myself, at the age of 6, but that was for a school down in Greenwich Village. I had to take the elevated train and then the subway to get there.
10
Susan Estrich
When I was applying to college, my mother told me I could apply to any school within the Boston subway map.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBWAY»

Discover the use of subway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to subway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro
Here Zachary M. Schrag tells the story of the Great Society Subway, from its foundings through to modern day, from Arlington to College Park, from Eisenhower to Marion Barry.
Zachary M. Schrag, 2014
2
Subway
Simple, rhyming text follows two boys and their father as they spend a rainy day riding the various lines of the New York City subway system.
‎2010
3
Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition
With 70 additional photographs, and a fresh introduction and afterword, this collector's edition illustrates the passion, creativity and resourcefulness of unlikely kids inventing an art form destined to spread worldwide and spawn the ...
Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant, 2009
4
My Subway Ride
Paul has co-authored three books with musician Pete Seeger: Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book, Abiyoyo Returns, and Some Friends to Feed: The Story of Stone Soup. Jennifer is an early childhood educator and curriculum developer.
‎2004
5
The Fiddler in the Subway: The Story of the World-Class ...
GENE WEINGARTEN IS THE O. HENRY OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM Simply the best storyteller around, Weingarten describes the world as you think it is before revealing how it actually is—in narratives that are by turns hilarious, heartwarming, and ...
Gene Weingarten, 2010
6
Jared, the Subway Guy: Winning Through Losing: 13 Lessons ...
Sales fell off. Jared was quickly rehired. But to keep him from being overexposed, Subway's program runs Jared for six or eight weeks every three months.
Jared Fogle, Anthony Bruno, 2007
7
Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest ...
But as it is in no other city on earth, the subway of New York is intimately woven into the fabric and identity of the city itself
Brian J. Cudahy, 1995
8
So You Want to Own a Subway Franchise? a Decade in the ...
For anyone considering buying a franchise or becoming an entrepreneur, this is the book you need to read.
Dylan Randall, Shayne Randall, 2011
9
Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True ...
A book with 260 full-color illustrations offers an intriguing history of how the chaotic hodge-podge of signs littering the New York City Subway System was standardized thanks in part to a little font called Helvetica.
Paul Shaw, 2011
10
The Phantom of the Subway
When he hears reports of a ghost haunting New Mouse City's subway tunnels, Geronimo sets out to investigate the story.
Geronimo Stilton, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term subway is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jared Isn't Subway's Only Problem
Subways for sale in the New York tri-state area (clockwise from bottom left: Hauppauge, N.Y.; Fair Lawn, N.J.; Freeport, N.Y.; Holtsville, N.Y.; and Green Brook, ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
2
Jared Fogle out as Subway pitchman as investigators search his home
(CNN) The attorney of longtime Subway pitchman Jared Fogle said Wednesday that his client is doing "quite well" a day after investigators raided his Indiana ... «CNN, Jul 15»
3
Yes, that was U2 giving a surprise performance on the subway
Fittingly, Jimmy Fallon was reportedly on hand during the impromptu subway station set, though it's unclear whether the performance was being taped as part of ... «Mashable, May 15»
4
Yankees not quite as awful as Mets, take Subway Series
The starting pitchers were brutal. If the ball found leather, the arms couldn't throw it accurately. And one Met forgot how many outs there were while on the bases. «New York Post, Apr 15»
5
10 key storylines to watch in this Subway Series
The Subway Series began when the Yankees were on their way to winning four World Series titles in five years, and even when the Mets peaked, the Yankees ... «New York Post, Apr 15»
6
Pakistani Man Guilty in al-Qaida Plot to Attack NYC Subways
A Pakistani man was found guilty Wednesday in a failed al-Qaida bomb plot to attack New York City's subway system as well as targets in Europe. A jury in ... «NBC New York, Mar 15»
7
NTSB issues 1st report on deadly DC subway smoke incident
WASHINGTON -- An electrical malfunction that filled a Washington subway train with smoke, killing one passenger and sickening dozens more, continued for 44 ... «CBS News, Jan 15»
8
One dead after smoke fills Washington, DC subway
The L'Enfant Plaza Metro station in Washington, D.C. was temporarily closed after heavy smoke filled the subway station Monday afternoon, causing one woman ... «MSNBC, Jan 15»
9
Philly Transit Officers Help New Mom Deliver a Christmas Surprise …
... very special Christmas for two transit police officers in Philadelphia who sprang into action to help an expectant mother deliver a baby boy – on a subway train. «People Magazine, Dec 14»
10
Top al Qaeda militant linked to NYC subway plot killed in raid
WANA, Pakistan — A top al Qaeda operative wanted for plotting to bomb the New York subway system died in a predawn helicopter raid staged by Pakistani ... «New York Post, Dec 14»

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