Word a Day
road
What does road mean?
road (noun): an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce road?
/ɹoʊd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does road come from?
From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of road?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “road”?
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What does “road” mean?
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
Right! That's what “road” means.
the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
Not quite: that's what advantage means.
a fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason
Not quite: that's what argument means.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
Not quite: that's what spirit means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “road”?
place
Not quite: place means something else.
route
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today
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night
Not quite: night means something else.
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