busUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbʌs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bʌs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bus)
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bus
- coach A bus is a large motor vehicle that carries passengers by road from one place to another. I'm waiting for the bus back to town. In Britain, a comfortable bus that carries passengers on long journeys is called a coach. The coach leaves Cardiff at twenty to eight. In America, a vehicle designed for long journeys is usually called a bus. He took a bus from New York to Seattle. 'bus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Forum discussions with the word(s) "bus" in the title: " I take the/a bus/train" - English Only forum
—How ____ is it from your school? —Twenty minutes by bus. - English Only forum ...if the bus didn't arrive in two hours, he would have been waiting for three hours. - English Only forum 'Has bus moved' - English Only forum 'Missed the bus' - English Only forum “bus’-up ride”? - English Only forum "[...] it was hard but there we were: in a bus, ready to travel." - English Only forum [get] back on the bus - English Only forum [off the bus] or [out of the bus] - English Only forum [run three stops or run for three stops] [take the bus three stops or take the bus for three stops] - English Only forum [walk six bus stations] or [walk for six bus stations] - English Only forum 1. Where is my phone? I could lose it on the bus! 2. Where is my phone? I could have lost it on the bus! - English Only forum 126th Street Bus Depot in Upper Manhattan occupied - English Only forum 20 minutes bus ride - English Only forum 40 minutes to get to the train station from the bus stop by bus - English Only forum a 5-minute walk from the/a bus stop - English Only forum A bus came empty - English Only forum A bus falls into the gorge. - English Only forum A bus is a car or a truck, or none of them? - English Only forum a bus or coach? - English Only forum A bus ran away from him. - English Only forum A bus station <was made accessible> to the roundabouts. - English Only forum A bus stop/two bus stops - English Only forum A bus that STANDS behind the tram? - English Only forum a bus to the station - English Only forum a bus vs. buses - English Only forum a bus’ll clean me up - English Only forum a car park and a bus station <nearby> - English Only forum a frequent bus taker - English Only forum a late bus - English Only forum more...
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