bus — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

regular

My commute is much easier now that regular buses run through our neighborhood.

double-decker, open-topped

last

The last bus to the airport leaves at midnight, so we need to hurry.

airport, local, school, sightseeing, tourist

VERB + BUS

go by, go on, take, travel by, use

wait for

Every morning I wait for the bus at the corner near my house.

run for

She missed her connection and had to run for the next bus across town.

catch, get | miss | board, get on/onto | get off | drive

BUS + VERB

go, run

The number 42 bus goes past my apartment every fifteen minutes during rush hour.

arrive, come

pull up, stop

Every morning the bus stops right in front of my apartment building.

pick sb up

The school bus picks up children from the corner every morning at 8 o'clock.

go from, leave (from)

The bus leaves from the station at 9 o'clock every morning.

carry sb

The school bus carried all the children safely to their destination after the field trip.

BUS + NOUN

times, timetable

I need to catch the early bus times on weekdays because they fill up quickly with commuters.

route | lane | depot, shelter, station, stop | queue

journey

My grandmother takes a long bus journey every weekend to visit her sister in the countryside.

conductor, driver, passenger | fare | pass, ticket | company, service

PREP

by ~

She travels to work by bus every weekday morning.

on a/the ~

I fell asleep on the bus and missed my stop.

~ for

I need to catch the bus for the airport early tomorrow morning.

~ from, ~ to

I need to catch the bus to the airport early tomorrow morning.

Definitions

noun

1

A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

2

A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

3

Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.

“Excuse me,” said the stranger, who turned out to be a youth in motorcycling kit, “but could you give me a hand with my bus?”

It had to be something with only two cylinders, if the whole ignition was to be put out of action with one needle: that is, a Morgan, a Belsize-Bradshaw, or a motorbike. He probably avoided the bike on the grounds of exposure to weather, and chose the Morgan as the next most handy and numerous two-cylinder ’bus.

4

An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.

5

Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.

verb

1

To transport via a motor bus.

Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kuanhsi (Guanxi: West Pass), nestled against the tea growing hills of Hsinchu county.

Machine guns are the most effective form of ‘election campaigning’, but the occupiers appear to also be bussing in ‘voters’ from the Russian Federation, and ‘registering total strangers in the homes of people forced to flee after the Russian invasion.

2

To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.

But if you ask me to bus my children / I hope the cops take down your name

...to strike down Detroit's federal court order to bus students across school district lines for the purpose of desegregation and therefore nullify many busing programs throughout the country.

3

To travel by bus.

verb

1

To clear meal remains from.

He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.

He was hired to bus tables, but after a few incidents they moved him to the kitchen.

2

To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.

He’s been bussing for minimum wage.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a vehicle carrying many passengers

noun — a car that is old and unreliable

jalopy
heap

noun — an electrical conductor that makes a common connection betwe

busbar

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

drive the porcelain bus

Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl, especially while drunk or hungover”).

ride the short bus

To participate in a special education program, such as for those with learning disabilities.

where does this bus go

Used to ask where the bus is going.

how do I get to the bus station

Used to ask for directions in order to go to a bus station.

park the bus

To attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.

England goalkeeper Gordon Banks resisted everything Liverpool threw at him that day, as City parked the bus and banked on snatching the vital single goal and then holding on.

Example Bank

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“Excuse me,” said the stranger, who turned out to be a youth in motorcycling kit, “but could you give me a hand with my bus?”

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02

It had to be something with only two cylinders, if the whole ignition was to be put out of action with one needle: that is, a Morgan, a Belsize-Bradshaw, or a motorbike. He probably avoided the bike o

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03

Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kua

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04

Machine guns are the most effective form of ‘election campaigning’, but the occupiers appear to also be bussing in ‘voters’ from the Russian Federation, and ‘registering total strangers in the homes o

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05

The ANC has accused the IFP of bussing in voters from other wards to vote during the recent Newcastle Municipality by-election won by the IFP.

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06

He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bus is marked as dated, US, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.