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How to pronounce “road”
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Pronunciation guide for road
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of road with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Aerodynamic Revolution in Cycling
inputs, and our instrumented bike, our on-road measurements,
- Definition summary
- A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]
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How to pronounce road
The Aerodynamic Revolution in Cycling
inputs, and our instrumented bike, our on-road measurements,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “road”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]
- (uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
- (dated) A physical way or route.
- (figuratively) A path chosen, as in life or career. [from 17th c.]
- An underground tunnel in a mine. [from 18th c.]
- (US, rail transport, archaic) A railroad.
- (US, UK, rail transport) A single railroad track (railway track). [from 19th c.]
- (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback. [9th–17th c.]
- (obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid. [9th–19th c.]
- (nautical, usually in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.
- (cricket) A hard, flat pitch, typically favourable for batters.
- [Adjective]
- (US, Canada, sports, chiefly attributive) At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
- (cycling) Of or pertaining to a road bike.
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