"superhighway" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superhighway.wav Forms: superhighways [plural]
Etymology: From super- + highway. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|highway}} super- + highway Head templates: {{en-noun}} superhighway (plural superhighways)
  1. (US) An expressway, especially one designed for high speeds. Tags: US Categories (topical): Roads Translations (US An expressway especially one designed for high speeds): super-autopista (Catalan), Autobahn (German), super-autostrata (Interlingua), super-autopista (Portuguese), super-autopista (Spanish), lemotoraveg (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-superhighway-en-noun-ZoM5m-bR Disambiguation of Roads: 47 46 7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 47 32 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 32 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 37 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 30 34 36 Disambiguation of 'US An expressway especially one designed for high speeds': 75 13 12
  2. (by extension) A major route that carries most of the traffic going in a given direction by a specified mode of transportation. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-superhighway-en-noun-s9EPXZbo Disambiguation of Roads: 47 46 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 32 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 37 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 30 34 36
  3. (figurative) The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-superhighway-en-noun-hzs1Biap Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 25 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 32 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 37 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 30 34 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: electronic superhighway, information superhighway

Inflected forms

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