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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Containing multiple items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of a transportation service, calling at every station, as opposed to express; local.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A bus (vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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noun
An assistant waiter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, obsolete, slang
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Synonyms: busboy, busser
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noun
an omnibus box.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To drive an omnibus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
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verb
To travel or be transported by omnibus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
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noun
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, passenger vehicle
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Broader terms: public transport
Narrower terms: minibus, school bus, trolleybus, trolley coach, trackless trolley
noun
an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: anthology
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibus Borrowed from French (voiture) omnibus (“(carriage) for all”), from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).
Across languages
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
