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multilane en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English lane English multilane From multi- + lane.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a road or of vehicular traffic) Having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.
    • What fascinated me the most were the futuristic superhighways, multilane ribbons of traffic filled with cars, buses and trucks. 2002 October 28, “Mail Call: Ten Years From Now”, in Newsweek:
    • The Government since 1956 has laced the U.S. with 33,000 miles of multilane highways. 1972 March 27, “Away from Highways”, in Time: