"expressway" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /eksˈpɹɛs.weɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-expressway.wav Forms: expressways [plural], expy [alternative, contraction], expwy [alternative, contraction]
Etymology: From express + way. Etymology templates: {{com|en|express|way}} express + way Head templates: {{en-noun}} expressway (plural expressways)
  1. (US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated. Tags: US, regional Derived forms (others): expresswayed Translations (US: divided highway — see also motorway): 高速公路 (gāosùgōnglù) (Chinese Mandarin), expressweg (Dutch), autoroute [feminine] (French), αυτοκινητόδρομος (aftokinitódromos) [masculine] (Greek), autostrata (Interlingua), superstrada (Italian), 高速道路 (kōsoku-dōro) (alt: こうそくどうろ) (Japanese), 自動車道 (jidōshadō) (Japanese), 고속도로 (gosokdoro) (alt: 高速道路) (Korean), greitkelis (Lithuanian), автопат (avtopat) (Macedonian), lebuh raya (Malay), autostrada [feminine] (Polish), auto-estrada (Portuguese), автомагистра́ль (avtomagistrálʹ) (Russian), autocesta (Serbo-Croatian), marodi (Shona), autopista (Spanish), otoyol (Turkish), đường cao tốc (Vietnamese), motoraveg (Volapük)
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  2. (Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway. Tags: Canada, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South-Korea Synonyms: freeway [synonym, synonym-of]
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  3. (UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway. Tags: New-Zealand, UK Synonyms (high speed road, not built to motorway standards): express road [Europe] Translations (high speed road, not built to motorway standards): motortrafikvej (Danish), moottoriliikennetie (Finnish), voie express [feminine] (French), Kraftfahrstraße [Germany] (German), Austria/Switzerland: Autostraße (German), Autostrasse (German), 고속화도로 (gosokhwadoro) (Korean), greitkelis (Lithuanian), motortrafikkvei (Norwegian Bokmål), motortrafikkveg (Norwegian Nynorsk), droga ekspresowa [feminine] (Polish), motortrafikled (Swedish), motorlu taşıt yolu (Turkish), ekspres yol (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ewy, expwy, expy Derived forms: ewy, expy, expwy Related terms: autoroute, carriageway, freeway, highway, motorway

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      "roman": "gosokhwadoro",
      "sense": "high speed road, not built to motorway standards",
      "word": "고속화도로"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "high speed road, not built to motorway standards",
      "word": "greitkelis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "high speed road, not built to motorway standards",
      "word": "motortrafikkvei"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "high speed road, not built to motorway standards",
      "word": "motortrafikkveg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "high speed road, not built to motorway standards",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "droga ekspresowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "high speed road, not built to motorway standards",
      "word": "motortrafikled"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "high speed road, not built to motorway standards",
      "word": "motorlu taşıt yolu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "high speed road, not built to motorway standards",
      "word": "ekspres yol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "expressway"
}

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  "msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'German', 'code': 'de', 'lang_code': 'de', 'sense': 'high speed road, not built to motorway standards', 'word': 'Austria/Switzerland: Autostraße'}",
  "path": [
    "expressway"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "expressway",
  "trace": ""
}

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