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"ref": "1994, Di Goodman, Ian Brodie, Learning to Sail, page 86",
"text": "Even when you have the right of way, you must take action to avoid a collision if another boat fails to give way.",
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"The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses."
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"(uncountable) The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses."
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"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
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"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
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"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
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"word": "ceart bealaigh"
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"_dis1": "75 5 4 4 1 10 0",
"alt": "優先通行權",
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"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"word": "우선통행권"
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"text": "2000, \"Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (c.37)\" (UK), II.48(4),\n“restricted byway” means a highway over which the public have restricted byway rights, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the highway, but no other rights of way."
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"(countable) A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways."
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"text": "Meronym: permanent way"
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"ref": "1941, Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration, Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and its Environs, page 307",
"text": "Phillips granted a right-of-way to the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1873.",
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"ref": "1970, Diana L. Reische, Problems of Mass Transportation, page 143",
"text": "New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans a rail line on an unused right of way of the Long Island Rail Road between JFK and Penn Station to whisk passengers to midtown Manhattan in twenty minutes.",
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"ref": "1948, Howard Rothmann Bowen, Toward Social Economy, page 71",
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"ref": "2006, Jane Bloodworth Rowe, “Ferrell Parkway”, in Echoes from the Poisoned Well: Global Memories of Environmental Injustice, page 187",
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"3": "s"
},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1994, Di Goodman, Ian Brodie, Learning to Sail, page 86",
"text": "Even when you have the right of way, you must take action to avoid a collision if another boat fails to give way.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses."
],
"links": [
[
"proceed",
"proceed"
],
[
"traffic",
"traffic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "2000, \"Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (c.37)\" (UK), II.48(4),\n“restricted byway” means a highway over which the public have restricted byway rights, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the highway, but no other rights of way."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways."
],
"links": [
[
"passage",
"passage"
]
],
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"(countable) A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Meronym: permanent way"
},
{
"ref": "1941, Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration, Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and its Environs, page 307",
"text": "Phillips granted a right-of-way to the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1873.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A strip of land or alignment where portions of a roadway, railway, power line, or other utilities and their associated structures and facilities is located or passes acquired through eminent domain or expropriation."
],
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[
"alignment",
"alignment"
],
[
"portions",
"portions"
],
[
"railway",
"railway"
],
[
"power line",
"power line"
],
[
"utilities",
"utility"
],
[
"structures",
"structures"
],
[
"facilities",
"facilities"
],
[
"located",
"located"
],
[
"passes",
"passes"
],
[
"acquired",
"acquired"
],
[
"eminent domain",
"eminent domain"
],
[
"expropriation",
"expropriation"
]
],
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"(countable) A strip of land or alignment where portions of a roadway, railway, power line, or other utilities and their associated structures and facilities is located or passes acquired through eminent domain or expropriation."
],
"senseid": [
"en:area of land"
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1970, Diana L. Reische, Problems of Mass Transportation, page 143",
"text": "New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans a rail line on an unused right of way of the Long Island Rail Road between JFK and Penn Station to whisk passengers to midtown Manhattan in twenty minutes.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Land on which a right of way exists."
],
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"(countable) Land on which a right of way exists."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1948, Howard Rothmann Bowen, Toward Social Economy, page 71",
"text": "For example, if a railroad is required to connect a mine and a smelter, it is necessary to construct a right of way, to lay tracks, etc.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Jane Bloodworth Rowe, “Ferrell Parkway”, in Echoes from the Poisoned Well: Global Memories of Environmental Injustice, page 187",
"text": "Mayne, speaking at the 1999 meeting, ranked the trees along the right-of-way as \"old growth\" or \"rare,\" although she never defined these terms.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks."
],
"links": [
[
"railbed",
"railbed"
],
[
"tracks",
"tracks"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks."
],
"senseid": [
"en:permanent way"
],
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{
"word": "permanent way"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns",
"en:Fencing"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2002, Elaine Cheris, Fencing: Steps to Success, page 63",
"text": "In foil the important thing is to be sure you have the right of way. You gain right of way by starting the attack first or beating the blade last.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack."
],
"links": [
[
"fencing",
"fencing#Noun"
],
[
"priority",
"priority"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fencing, uncountable) The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"fencing",
"government",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"martial-arts",
"military",
"politics",
"sports",
"war"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Wisconsin English"
],
"glosses": [
"The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street."
],
"qualifier": "Wisconsin",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Wisconsin) The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "right-of-way"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prioritat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"word": "forkørselsret"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "voorrang"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"word": "etuajo-oikeus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "priorité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorfahrt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vortritt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dikaíoma poreías",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "δικαίωμα πορείας"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proteraiótita",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "προτεραιότητα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"word": "elsőbbség"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "umferðarréttur"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceart bealaigh"
},
{
"alt": "優先通行權",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "useontonghaenggwon",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"word": "우선통행권"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forkjørsrett"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forkøyrsrett"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prioritat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pierwszeństwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preferência"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prioridade"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prioritet",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "приоритет"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"word": "prednosť v jazde"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prednost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "preferencia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prioridad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"word": "företräde"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"word": "often mistakenly called förkörsrätt"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "right to proceed first in traffic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blaenoriaeth"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "tieoikeus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "käyttöoikeus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "droit de passage"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "servitude"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wegerecht"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "átjárás joga"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "átjárási jog"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "szolgalmi jog"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "útszolgalom"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "szolgalom"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tonghaenggwon",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "통행권"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serventia"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "còir-slighe"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "právo prechodu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "derecho de paso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "derecho de vía"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "legal right of passage",
"word": "quyền có lối đi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located",
"word": "tieoikeus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located",
"word": "rataoikeus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "droit de passage"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "servidumbre de paso"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located",
"word": "hành lang"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located",
"word": "lộ giới"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "land on which a right of way exists",
"word": "tiealue"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "land on which a right of way exists",
"word": "rautatiealue"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "land on which a right of way exists",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "còir-slighe"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "land on which a right of way exists",
"word": "lối ra vào"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "land on which a right of way exists",
"word": "lối đi ưu tiên"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "area modified for passage of a railway",
"word": "rautatiealue"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "area modified for passage of a railway",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "voie"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "area modified for passage of a railway",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "voie ferrée"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "area modified for passage of a railway",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "camin de fèrre"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fencing: priority",
"word": "etuoikeus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fencing: priority",
"word": "priorité"
}
],
"word": "right of way"
}
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