subway
noun/ˈsʌbweɪ/
/ˈsʌbweɪ/
- (North American English) an underground railway system in a city
- the New York subway
- a subway station/train
- a downtown subway stop
- to ride/take the subway
- In Boston the subway is known as the ‘T’; in Washington DC it’s the‘Metro’.
British/American underground / subway / metro / tubeunderground / subway / metro / tube- A city’s underground railway system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in British English and the subway in North American English. Speakers of British English also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries. The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London’s system is often called the Tube.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and traina2- I've never been on the subway.
- Yankee Stadium is a 40-minute subway ride from our house.
- rush hour in the subway
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- crowded
- ride
- take
- use
- …
- car
- train
- platform
- …
- in the subway
- on the subway
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- (British English) a path that goes under a road, etc. which people can use to cross to the other side
- He ran through the pedestrian subway.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pedestrian
- along a/the subway
- in a/the subway
- through a/the subway
- …
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