highway

Definitions

1. A number of places in England:
2. A western suburb of Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8680).
3. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
4. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare
5. A neighbourhood of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7143).
6. Any public road.
7. route
8. Any public road
9. A neighbourhood in Stoke sub Hamdon parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4717).
10. A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny.
    figuratively
11. path
12. A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny
13. A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0474).
14. A road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits.
    archaic
15. A road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits
16. A number of places in the Philippines:
17. A sitio in the barangay of Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
18. Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).
19. Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”)
20. A sitio in the barangay of San Carlos, Rosario, Batangas, Philippines.
21. A sitio in the barangay of San Jose, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
22. A sitio in the barangay of Anoling, General Nakar, Quezon, Philippines.
23. A sitio in the barangay of Ikirin, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.
24. A sitio in the barangay of Pinagbayanan, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.
25. A barangay of Dulag, Leyte, Philippines.

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Examples

“The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.”

“You're on a highway to greatness.”

“I'm on the highway to hell”

“So how do the scientists cope with their work⟳ being ignored for decades, and living in a world their findings indicate⟳ is on a “highway to hell”?.”

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