- (especially North American English) a main road for travelling long distances, especially one connecting and going through cities and towns
- Plans were being made for the construction of a new interstate highway system.
- Highway patrol officers closed the road.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryb2- A blowout at highway speeds can be dangerous.
- He took highway 314 heading north.
- He travels the highways and byways of Texas.
- I used to travel that highway with my family.
- Once you hit the highway, the only services are at Eagle Plains.
- They tore along the highway.
- We pulled off the highway and stopped for a break.
- a four-lane highway
- the highway to Sydney
- A long stretch of coastal highway was flooded.
- The hotel is located off Highway 21.
- There's a 55 mph speed limit on most highways.
- We soon reached the highway interchange.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wide
- three-lane
- two-lane
- …
- drive
- travel
- use
- …
- traffic
- bridge
- exit
- …
- along the highway
- down the highway
- up the highway
- …
- highways and byways
- (British English, formal) a public road
- A parked car was obstructing the highway.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1- All citizens have the right to use the public highway.
- There is a Highways Department proposal for new traffic islands.
- He was fined for obstructing the public highway.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wide
- three-lane
- two-lane
- …
- drive
- travel
- use
- …
- traffic
- bridge
- exit
- …
- along the highway
- down the highway
- up the highway
- …
- highways and byways
Idioms
See highway in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee highway in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishhighway robbery (especially North American English)
(also daylight robbery British and North American English)
- the fact of somebody charging too much money for something
my way or the highway
- (North American English, informal) used to say that somebody else has either to agree with your opinion or to leaveTopics Opinion and argumentc2
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