noun · neutral
highway
/ˈhaɪweɪ/HIGH·way
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a main road, especially one connecting cities and designed for fast traffic
Examples
“They drove along the highway for several hours to reach the next city.”
“The government plans to upgrade the national highway network.”
“Highway speed limits are higher than in urban areas.”
Band 8 sentence
“Improving the highway network is essential for economic integration between regions.”
Collocations
- highway network
- on the highway
Word family
highway noun
Common mistakes
high way→highway
street (to mean interstate/high-speed road)→highway
Say it for a higher band
5road→6main road→7+highway
Synonyms
motorway
Easily confused
motorway
“Traffic on the motorway was diverted after an accident.”
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