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The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- 2000, "Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (c.37)" (UK), II.48(4), “restricted byway” means a highway over which the public have restricted byway rights, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the highway, but no other rights of way.
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A strip of land or alignment where portions of a roadway, railway, power line, or other utilities and their associated structures and facilities is located or passes acquired through eminent domain or expropriation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Land on which a right of way exists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: permanent way
Antonyms: none provided
The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Wisconsin
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the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: passage
the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: right
the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: easement
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Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
предимство
(predimstvo)
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Catalan:
prioritat
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Chinese Mandarin:
路權 /路权
(lùquán)
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Danish:
forkørselsret
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Dutch:
voorrang
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Finnish:
etuajo-oikeus
— right to proceed first in traffic
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French:
priorité
— right to proceed first in traffic
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German:
Vorfahrt
— right to proceed first in traffic
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German:
Vorrang
— right to proceed first in traffic
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German:
Vortritt
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Greek:
δικαίωμα πορείας
(dikaíoma poreías)
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Greek:
προτεραιότητα
(proteraiótita)
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Hungarian:
elsőbbség
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Icelandic:
umferðarréttur
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Irish:
ceart bealaigh
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Korean:
우선통행권
(useontonghaenggwon)
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Norwegian Bokmål:
forkjørsrett
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
forkøyrsrett
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Occitan:
prioritat
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Polish:
pierwszeństwo
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Portuguese:
preferência
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Portuguese:
prioridade
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Russian:
приоритет
(prioritet)
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Slovak:
prednosť v jazde
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Slovene:
prednost
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Spanish:
preferencia
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Spanish:
prioridad
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Swedish:
företräde
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Swedish:
often mistakenly called förkörsrätt
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Welsh:
blaenoriaeth
— right to proceed first in traffic
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Finnish:
tieoikeus
— legal right of passage
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Finnish:
käyttöoikeus
— legal right of passage
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French:
droit de passage
— legal right of passage
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French:
servitude
— legal right of passage
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German:
Wegerecht
— legal right of passage
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Hungarian:
átjárás joga
— legal right of passage
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Hungarian:
átjárási jog
— legal right of passage
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Hungarian:
szolgalmi jog
— legal right of passage
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Hungarian:
útszolgalom
— legal right of passage
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Hungarian:
szolgalom
— legal right of passage
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Korean:
통행권
(tonghaenggwon)
— legal right of passage
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Polish:
pierwszeństwo
— legal right of passage
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Portuguese:
serventia
— legal right of passage
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Scottish Gaelic:
còir-slighe
— legal right of passage
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Slovak:
právo prechodu
— legal right of passage
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Spanish:
derecho de paso
— legal right of passage
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Spanish:
derecho de vía
— legal right of passage
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Vietnamese:
quyền có lối đi
— legal right of passage
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Finnish:
tieoikeus
— strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located
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Finnish:
rataoikeus
— strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located
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French:
droit de passage
— strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located
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Polish:
nawierzchnia
— strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located
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Spanish:
servidumbre de paso
— strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located
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Vietnamese:
hành lang
— strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located
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Vietnamese:
lộ giới
— strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located
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Finnish:
tiealue
— land on which a right of way exists
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Finnish:
rautatiealue
— land on which a right of way exists
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Polish:
nawierzchnia
— land on which a right of way exists
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Scottish Gaelic:
còir-slighe
— land on which a right of way exists
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Vietnamese:
lối ra vào
— land on which a right of way exists
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Vietnamese:
lối đi ưu tiên
— land on which a right of way exists
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Finnish:
rautatiealue
— area modified for passage of a railway
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French:
voie
— area modified for passage of a railway
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French:
voie ferrée
— area modified for passage of a railway
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Occitan:
camin de fèrre
— area modified for passage of a railway
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Polish:
nawierzchnia
— area modified for passage of a railway
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Finnish:
etuoikeus
— fencing: priority
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French:
priorité
— fencing: priority
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German:
Treffervorrecht
— fencing: priority
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Polish:
pierwszeństwo
— fencing: priority