word | omnibus |
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definition | Of or including many things. |
eg_sentence | Eager to go home for vacation, Senate leaders assembled an omnibus bill to tie up the loose ends on dozens of unrelated projects. |
explanation | In Latin, omnibus means “for all.” So an omnibus bill in Congress packages several measures together, an omnibus survey may poll the public on a wide range of issues, and an omnibus edition of a writer's stories may bring together just about all of them. As a noun, omnibus used to mean a large vehicle for public transportation—that is, “for all” who could pay the fare—but around 1900 the word began to be shortened to simply bus. |
IPA | ˈɑmnəbəs |
Tags: mwvb::unit:16, mwvb::unit:16:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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