"on the road" meaning in English

See on the road in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on the road
  1. travelling, away from home.
    Sense id: en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-8QWZkpea Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 8 17 39 1
  2. (US, Canada, sports) At the venue of an opposing team or competitor. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: away
    Sense id: en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-rjiSP-SA Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. Of a purchased vehicle: including everything required in order to start driving, such as registration and taxes.
    Sense id: en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-ND2dwiR9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 8 17 39 1
  4. (UK, prison slang) Not in prison. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-eZoKH8-w Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 8 17 39 1
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, road. Related terms: road trip, on the street
    Sense id: en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-UFALT82O

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for on the road meaning in English (2.7kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "on the road",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 8 17 39 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Some salesmen spend a lot of time on the road."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "travelling, away from home."
      ],
      "id": "en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-8QWZkpea",
      "links": [
        [
          "travelling",
          "travelling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "At the venue of an opposing team or competitor."
      ],
      "id": "en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-rjiSP-SA",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "venue",
          "venue"
        ],
        [
          "opposing",
          "opposing"
        ],
        [
          "competitor",
          "competitor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Canada, sports) At the venue of an opposing team or competitor."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "away"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 8 17 39 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a purchased vehicle: including everything required in order to start driving, such as registration and taxes."
      ],
      "id": "en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-ND2dwiR9",
      "links": [
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "registration",
          "registration"
        ],
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 8 17 39 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not in prison."
      ],
      "id": "en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-eZoKH8-w",
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, prison slang) Not in prison."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, road."
      ],
      "id": "en-on_the_road-en-prep_phrase-UFALT82O",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the#English"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 24 18 51",
          "word": "road trip"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 24 18 51",
          "word": "on the street"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the road"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English prepositional phrases"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "on the road",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "road trip"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the street"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Some salesmen spend a lot of time on the road."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "travelling, away from home."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "travelling",
          "travelling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "At the venue of an opposing team or competitor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "venue",
          "venue"
        ],
        [
          "opposing",
          "opposing"
        ],
        [
          "competitor",
          "competitor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Canada, sports) At the venue of an opposing team or competitor."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "away"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of a purchased vehicle: including everything required in order to start driving, such as registration and taxes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "registration",
          "registration"
        ],
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English prison slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not in prison."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, prison slang) Not in prison."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, road."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the#English"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the road"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.