adjective · academic

arterial

UK/ɑːˈtɪəriəl/US/ɑrˈtɪriəl/ar·TE·ri·al

Band 7+task2speaking

relating to the main roads that carry large volumes of traffic through a city or region

Examples

The city widened several arterial roads to ease rush-hour congestion.

An arterial route connects neighbourhoods to the motorway network.

Traffic signals on arterial streets are being coordinated to improve flow.

Band 8 sentence

Upgrading the arterial network, rather than adding peripheral lanes, proved more effective at reducing cross-city journey times.

Collocations

  • arterial road
  • arterial network

Word family

arterial road nounarteries (noun plural) noun

Common mistakes

The arterial are very busy.The arterial roads are very busy.

The city widened an arterial to reduce traffic.The city widened an arterial road to reduce traffic.

Say it for a higher band

5main road6main artery7+arterial

Synonyms

main

Easily confused

boulevard

The new boulevard features trees and wide pavements as well as space for buses.

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