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Synonyms for bus

Grammar : Verb
Spell : buhs
Phonetic Transcription : bÊŒs

Définition of bus

Origin :
  • 1832, abbreviation of omnibus (q.v.). The modern English noun is nothing but a Latin dative plural ending. To miss the bus, in the figurative sense of "lose an opportunity," is from 1901, Australian English (OED has a figurative miss the omnibus from 1886). Busman's holiday "leisure time spent doing what one does for a living" (1893) is probably a reference to London bus drivers riding the buses on their days off.
  • verb transport
Example sentences :
  • He had hoped that they would walk home or that they would get on to a 'bus!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • A 'bus drove up as he reached the corner, and he climbed into it.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • "That's a nice day," he said, when the 'bus had gone some distance.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The 'bus was now rolling over London Bridge, and the Cathedral could not be seen.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • "You 'op on top, an' I'll tell you where to git off," the 'bus conductor said, and John did as he was bid.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • We scrambled on the bus and as it pulled away Danny yelled "Hey, Buster, look!"
  • Extract from : « Goodbye, Dead Man! » by Tom W. Harris
  • "They took up my ticket on the other bus," I said to the driver.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • It was not until he saw the sign on a passing motor-'bus that he decided on what he should do.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He finally caught a bus, which deposited him one block from his house.
  • Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton
  • I asked a policeman the nighest way to get there, and he said take a bus.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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