Phrase guide
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The longest road in the ancient system of trade routes and roads developed in Achaemenid Persia, which connected the capitals Sardis (in Asia Minor) to Susa (in Mesopotamia) and featured post-stations with service facilities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
An easy or straightforward procedure for achieving a goal; a procedure that requires little effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A chord progression, IVM7–V7–iii7–vi, common in Japanese pop music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an auspicious way or means to achieve something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: road
History
In reference to Euclid, who is said to have told a king that there was no royal road to geometry. In the musical sense, a calque of Japanese 王道進行, itself deriving from a calque of sense 1.
Across languages
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