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• a main/major/minor road
• a country/mountain road
• they live just along/up/down the road(= further on the same road).
• the house is on a very busy road.

road

1. a hard surface built for vehicles to travel on
• a main/major/minor road
• a country/mountain road
• They live just along/up/down the road(= further on the same road).
• The house is on a very busy road.
• He was walking along the road when he was attacked.
• It takes about five hours by road (= driving).
• It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road.
• Take the first road on the left and then follow the signs.
• We parked on a side road.
• road accidents/safety/users
2. used in names of roads, especially in towns
• 35 York Road
• a street map of London.
• Oxford Street
• Mile End Road.
• the record store in the High Street
• high street shops.
3. the way to achieving something
• to be on the road to recovery
• We have discussed privatization, but we would prefer not to go down that particular road.
4. at some time in the future
• There are certain to be more job losses further down the road.
• = anyway
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/anyway
5. (to reach) the point at which something can no longer continue in the same way
• A defeat in the second round marked the end of the line for last year's champion.
6. to start an activity or a journey
• Let's get this show on the road!
7. to start a journey/trip
8. to delay dealing with a problem
• This is another attempt to kick the can down the road and leave it to the next generation.
9. a last alcoholic drink before you leave a party, etc.
10. travelling, especially for long distances or periods of time
• The band has been on the road for six months.
• I’ve been on the road since six this morning.
11. in good condition so that it can be legally driven
• See related entries: Driving
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/driving/road_3
• It will cost about £500 to get the car back on the road.
12. moving from place to place, and having no permanent home
• Life on the road can be very hard.
13. it is not enough to intend to do good things; you must actually do them
14. the point at which something is tested and you really find out whether it is successful or true
• Here's where the rubber meets the road: will consumers actually buy the product?

Extra Examples

• A man has been stabbed to death in a road rage attack.
• All main roads were passable with care.
• Angry farmers blocked the road with their tractors.
• Bringing up a handicapped child can be a long and hard road.
• Follow the road around to the left.
• He walks a road filled with shadow and doubt.
• He was hit by a lorry as he pulled out into the main road.
• Huge eucalyptuses lined the road.
• I must have driven the back roads for half an hour.
• I pulled off the road for a rest.
• It does appear we are on the right road to success.
• It isn’t going to be an easy road for him.
• It takes three hours by road.
• Kaufman has opted to travel the middle road.
• Let’s leave when the roads are clear.
• My car is back on the road again.
• My car is back on the road= is working again.
• My car’s off the road at the moment while I recondition the engine.
• Our road branches off to the left just past the wood.
• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic.
• Road bumps have been laid down to limit the speed of cars.
• Road humps have been laid down to limit the speed of cars along the road.
• Road tax is set to rise in next month’s budget.
• Road tolls can make driving expensive.
• Road tolls can make travelling by motorway fairly expensive.
• She stepped out into the road without looking.
• She was treated for road rash.
• Take the next road on the right.
• The airport’s near here but there’s no direct road.
• The car left the road and slid to a halt.
• The crowd eventually cleared the road.
• The crowds lined the roads for his triumphal entry.
• The following spring I hit the road.
• The government’s policy on education is a dead-end road.
• The house across the road is for sale.
• The new ring road should reduce city centre traffic.
• The road ascends steeply from the harbour.
• The road crosses the river further up the valley.
• The road narrowed and turned into this dirt trail.
• The road runs parallel to the river.
• The road stretches off into the distance.
• The road twists and turns up the hillside.
• The track joins the main road just south of the town.
• There is still no road access to the island.
• There was a dog in the road so we stopped.
• There was a lot of traffic on the road this morning.
• There’s something lying on the road.
• They cleared the roads of snow.
• They have travelled/traveled the long, lonely road of exclusion.
• They live down the road from us.
• They stopped in a forest, leaving the main road.
• This latest disagreement could mean the end of the road for the band.
• Traffic clogs the roads.
• Turn left onto the coastal road.
• Turn right into Harpes Road.
• We came to a fork in the road.
• We have chosen the road of peace.
• We have discussed privatization, but we would prefer not to go down that road.
• We live in Pinsley Road.
• We live in/on Kingston Road.
• We took the wrong road and had to turn back.
• We’d been on the road since dawn and needed a rest.
• We’ll be able to go faster once we’re out on the open road.
• Where does this road go?
• a bumpy road through the forest
• a notoriously dangerous stretch of road
• loans for road construction and infrastructure development
• on the road to Damascus
• poor driving standards and lack of road manners
• the building of new roads
• the cost of road maintenance
• the main road through the centre of town
• the old dirt road to the village
• the road connecting Irado and Calla Ayda
• the road stretched out before them.
• the surrounding road system
• to be on the road to recovery/success
• A major road crosses the region.
• A man was seriously injured in a road rage incident.
• A man’s body was lying in the road.
• Do you have a road map with you?
• Exhausted, he sat down at the side of the road.
• Go along the road until you reach an intersection.
• I wished him luck in whatever road he decided to follow.
• It would be better to go by road.
• It’s a quiet residential road.
• It’s difficult to cross the road safely around here.
• My mother lives down the road.
• Now the roads are even more congested.
• Road users are protesting about increases in road tax.
• Road works on the Darlington to Durham road are causing delays.
• She lives on a very busy road.
• She set out on the road to stardom too early in life.
• The aim is to reduce the number of road accidents.
• The children learn about road safety.
• The condition of the road surface is poor.
• The economy is well on the road to recovery.
• The main north-south road was closed because of flooding.
• Their road building program was abandoned because of lack of funds.
• There are several different roads to achieving career success.
• There was a cow sitting right in the middle of the road.
• There’s a shop just up the road.
• They followed the coastal road for about 50 miles.
• They seem to be on the road to ruin.
• We couldn’t read the road signs.
• We drove along country roads.
• We took a narrow twisting road up into the mountains.
• We would prefer not to go down that particular road.

Word Origin

• Old English rād ‘journey on horseback’, ‘foray’; of Germanic origin; related to the verb ride.