Highway
noun
A major road that vehicles use to travel long distances.
They drove all night on the highway to reach their destination.
Often appears as...
- highway traffic
- highway speed limit
noun
The open sea or ocean.
The pirates roamed the high seas, looking for merchant ships to loot.
noun
A direct or easy way to achieve something.
There's no highway to success, it demands hard work and dedication.
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A major road that vehicles use to travel long distances.
They drove all night on the highway to reach their destination.
Often appears as...
- highway traffic
- highway speed limit
noun
The open sea or ocean.
The pirates roamed the high seas, looking for merchant ships to loot.
noun
A direct or easy way to achieve something.
There's no highway to success, it demands hard work and dedication.
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Road Hierarchy
Highways are at the top of road hierarchy, implying they are major routes.
Avoid the small streets and take the highway for a faster trip.
Pro Tip 2/3Controlled Access
Highways often have limited access points to maintain a steady traffic flow.
The highway has ramps for entering and exiting but no traffic lights.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Speed
Speed limits on highways are usually higher than local roads.
You can drive at 70 mph on this highway.
Pro Tip 1/3Road Hierarchy
Highways are at the top of road hierarchy, implying they are major routes.
Avoid the small streets and take the highway for a faster trip.
Pro Tip 2/3Controlled Access
Highways often have limited access points to maintain a steady traffic flow.
The highway has ramps for entering and exiting but no traffic lights.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Speed
Speed limits on highways are usually higher than local roads.
You can drive at 70 mph on this highway.
Pro Tip 1/3Road Hierarchy
Highways are at the top of road hierarchy, implying they are major routes.
Avoid the small streets and take the highway for a faster trip.
Pro Tip 2/3Controlled Access
Highways often have limited access points to maintain a steady traffic flow.
The highway has ramps for entering and exiting but no traffic lights.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Speed
Speed limits on highways are usually higher than local roads.
You can drive at 70 mph on this highway.
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Video examples
Mick Mountz: What...
And we deliver them to the side of the building. So all the pick workers now get to stay on the perimeter. And the game here is to pick up the shelves, take them down the highway and deliver them straight to the pick worker. This pick worker's life is completely different. Rather than wandering around the warehouse, she gets to stay still
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It’s time to embrace our...
like our subsidization of highways like our home mortgage interest deduction that bribes Americans to leave urban apartments and move into suburban homes and most of all to rethink our urban school system that does so much to discourage parents from living in in urban areas thank you very much
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Penguins Cutely Count...
highway with traffic monitored electronically except for routine maintenance the researchers don't even have to be around the Penguins are literally counting themselves the most important part about that is not only can we get a night's sleep but we don't bother the Penguins at all and we can
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The networked beauty of...
it would be like this super highway with cars going everywhere. Now, all networks are made of nodes and links. In forests, those nodes would be trees and the links fungi. It's kind of like in your Facebook network, where nodes would be friends and links would be your friendships.
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Can plants talk to each...
Most plants have a symbiotic relationship with fungi, which colonize the plants' roots and help them absorb water and nutrients. These fungal filaments form extensive networks that can connect separate plants, creating an underground super highway for chemical messages.
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"To This Day" ... for...
We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them. We stem from a root planted in the belief that we are not what we were called. We are not abandoned cars stalled out and sitting empty on some highway, and if in some way we are, don't worry.
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The Dirty Side Of...
them and i don't think you really want because the spaces between the nests are so small you're bound to get pecked and you're about to get slapped we're positioned where there's a penguin highway a penguin highway is a natural road between the little valleys
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Why domestic violence...
pulled the key out of the car ignition as I drove down the highway, poured coffee grinds on my head as I dressed for a job interview, I never once thought of myself as a battered wife. Instead, I was a very strong woman in love with a deeply troubled man,
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Elon Musk: A future...
And we want to make that tiny straw a big highway. And I’m definitely not saying that this is going to solve everything. Or this is you know, it’s the only thing -- it’s something that might be helpful. And worst-case scenario,
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Garth Lenz: The true...
and the only one which is 95 percent intact. And building a pipeline with an industrial highway would change forever this incredible wilderness, which is a true rarity on the planet today.
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Mick Mountz: What...
And we deliver them to the side of the building. So all the pick workers now get to stay on the perimeter. And the game here is to pick up the shelves, take them down the highway and deliver them straight to the pick worker. This pick worker's life is completely different. Rather than wandering around the warehouse, she gets to stay still
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
like our subsidization of highways like our home mortgage interest deduction that bribes Americans to leave urban apartments and move into suburban homes and most of all to rethink our urban school system that does so much to discourage parents from living in in urban areas thank you very much
Video examples
Penguins Cutely Count...
highway with traffic monitored electronically except for routine maintenance the researchers don't even have to be around the Penguins are literally counting themselves the most important part about that is not only can we get a night's sleep but we don't bother the Penguins at all and we can
Video examples
The networked beauty of...
it would be like this super highway with cars going everywhere. Now, all networks are made of nodes and links. In forests, those nodes would be trees and the links fungi. It's kind of like in your Facebook network, where nodes would be friends and links would be your friendships.
Video examples
Can plants talk to each...
Most plants have a symbiotic relationship with fungi, which colonize the plants' roots and help them absorb water and nutrients. These fungal filaments form extensive networks that can connect separate plants, creating an underground super highway for chemical messages.
Video examples
"To This Day" ... for...
We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them. We stem from a root planted in the belief that we are not what we were called. We are not abandoned cars stalled out and sitting empty on some highway, and if in some way we are, don't worry.
Video examples
The Dirty Side Of...
them and i don't think you really want because the spaces between the nests are so small you're bound to get pecked and you're about to get slapped we're positioned where there's a penguin highway a penguin highway is a natural road between the little valleys
Video examples
Why domestic violence...
pulled the key out of the car ignition as I drove down the highway, poured coffee grinds on my head as I dressed for a job interview, I never once thought of myself as a battered wife. Instead, I was a very strong woman in love with a deeply troubled man,
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
And we want to make that tiny straw a big highway. And I’m definitely not saying that this is going to solve everything. Or this is you know, it’s the only thing -- it’s something that might be helpful. And worst-case scenario,
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
and the only one which is 95 percent intact. And building a pipeline with an industrial highway would change forever this incredible wilderness, which is a true rarity on the planet today.
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Quote examples
Mike Hughes
American Celebrity
Be responsible for what you do. Don't throw trash on the highway, take care of animals, if you see someone in need you help them. That's what I want people to concentrate on instead of just grabbing everything you possibly can for yourself, which is how we're taught in this country.
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Tig Notaro
American Comedian
Stephanie and I got married publicly on the beach, in front of friends and family, and the local police shut down the highway for us to cross the street back to my cousin's house. Cars backed up for miles, and everybody in town cheered.
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
American Businessman
I initially wanted to be a teacher, and then I was going to become an engineer and build bridges and highways, but pretty soon I went into the business world. I never did get to be a teacher except in a different way.
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Randy Orton
American Wrestler
I think my whole deal was I didn't think other people had a right to an opinion. I think the problem I had was, in real life, it was my way or the highway, and if people disagreed with me, then they were just wrong.
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Og Mandino
American Author
Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Shakespeare pursued the highway of the right. He did not seek to put his characters in a position where it was right to do wrong.
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Barack Obama
American President
We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.
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Jane D. Hull
American Politician
Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the help of the Legislature and the media.
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Willie Nelson
American Musician
When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
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Henri Frederic Amiel
Swiss Philosopher
The best path through life is the highway.
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Mike Hughes
American Celebrity
Be responsible for what you do. Don't throw trash on the highway, take care of animals, if you see someone in need you help them. That's what I want people to concentrate on instead of just grabbing everything you possibly can for yourself, which is how we're taught in this country.
Quote examples
Tig Notaro
American Comedian
Stephanie and I got married publicly on the beach, in front of friends and family, and the local police shut down the highway for us to cross the street back to my cousin's house. Cars backed up for miles, and everybody in town cheered.
Quote examples
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
American Businessman
I initially wanted to be a teacher, and then I was going to become an engineer and build bridges and highways, but pretty soon I went into the business world. I never did get to be a teacher except in a different way.
Quote examples
Randy Orton
American Wrestler
I think my whole deal was I didn't think other people had a right to an opinion. I think the problem I had was, in real life, it was my way or the highway, and if people disagreed with me, then they were just wrong.
Quote examples
Og Mandino
American Author
Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
Quote examples
Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Shakespeare pursued the highway of the right. He did not seek to put his characters in a position where it was right to do wrong.
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.
Quote examples
Jane D. Hull
American Politician
Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the help of the Legislature and the media.
Quote examples
Willie Nelson
American Musician
When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
Quote examples
Henri Frederic Amiel
Swiss Philosopher
The best path through life is the highway.
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