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road
English
Alternative forms
- rade (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English r?d (“riding, hostile incursion”), from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raid? (“a ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyd?- (“to ride”). Doublet of raid, acquired from Scots, and West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway).
The current primary meaning of "street, way for traveling" originated relatively late—Shakespeare seemed to expect his audiences to find it unfamiliar—and probably arose through reinterpetation of roadway as a tautological compound.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?d, IPA(key): /???d/
- (General American) enPR: r?d, IPA(key): /?o?d/
- Rhymes: -??d
- Homophones: Rhode, rode, rowed
Noun
road (plural roads)
- 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.
- A way or route.
- 1855-1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
- He stirred up his hair with his sprightliest expression, glanced at the little figure again, said ‘Good evening, ma ‘am; don’t come down, Mrs Affery, I know the road to the door,’ and steamed out.
- 1855-1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
- (figuratively) A path chosen in life or career. [from 17th c.]
- 1964, Ronald Reagan: A Time for Choosing
- Where, then, is the road to peace?
- 1964, Ronald Reagan: A Time for Choosing
- An underground tunnel in a mine. [from 18th c.]
- (US, rail transport) A railway or (Britain, rail transport) a single 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, often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V scene i[2]:
- Antonio: Sweet lady, you have given me life and living; / For here I read for certain that my ships / Are safely come to road.
- 1630, John Smith, True Travels, in Kupperman 1988, page 38:
- There delivering their fraught, they went to Scandaroone; rather to view what ships was in the Roade, than any thing else […].
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V scene i[2]:
- (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.
- c. 1613, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Act IV scene ii[3]:
- At last, with easy roads, he came to Leicester; / Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot, / With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him; […]
- c. 1613, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Act IV scene ii[3]:
Usage notes
Often used interchangeably with street or other similar words. When usage is distinguished, a road is a route between settlements (reflecting the etymological relation with ride), as in the Great North Road from London to Edinburgh, while a street is a route within a settlement (city or town), strictly speaking paved.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:road
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
road (not comparable)
- (US, Canada, sports, chiefly attributive) At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
- (Britain, Slang) Having attributes, primarily masculine, suggesting a tendency towards minor crime. Usually used by youths endearingly; glorifying crime.
Synonyms
- (at the venue of the opposing team or competitor): away (UK)
Anagrams
- A-Rod, Dora, Rado, orad, orda
Estonian
Noun
road
- nominative plural of roog
Swedish
Etymology
past participle of roa.
Adjective
road (not comparable)
- amused, entertained
Declension
Related terms
- lättroad
- oroad
Anagrams
- orda
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series
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin seri?s, from serere (“to join together, bind”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??.?i?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s??iz/, /?si?iz/
- Homophones: Siri's, Siris, Ceres
Noun
series (plural series)
- A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
- Synonyms: chain, line, sequence, stream, succession; see also Thesaurus:sequence
- (broadcasting) A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals
- Synonyms: show, program
- (Discuss(+) this sense) (mathematics) The sequence of partial sums of a given sequence ai.
- (cricket, baseball) A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
- (zoology) An unranked taxon.
- (botany) A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
- (commerce) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
- (phonology) A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
Usage notes
- (mathematics): Beginning students often confuse series with sequence.
Synonyms
- serie (obsolete)
Derived terms
- in series
- (media, television) TV series
- (electrical) series-wound
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (shir?zu)
Translations
Adjective
series (not comparable)
- (electronics) Connected one after the other in a circuit.
- Antonym: parallel
Further reading
- series in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- series in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- series at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- reises, ressie, seiser
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /s???i.?s/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /se??i.es/
Verb
series
- second-person singular conditional form of ser
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
series
- Plural form of serie
Interlingua
Noun
series
- plural of serie
Latin
Etymology
From ser? (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?se.ri.e?s/, [?s???ie?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?se.ri.es/, [?s???i?s]
Noun
seri?s f (genitive seri??); fifth declension
- a row
- a succession
- a series
- a chain
Declension
Fifth-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- series in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- series in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- series in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- series in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
series
- second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of seriar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of seriar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?se?jes/, [?se.?jes]
Etymology 1
Noun
series
- plural of serie
Etymology 2
Verb
series
- Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of seriar.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of seriar.
Swedish
Noun
series
- indefinite genitive singular of serie
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