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omnibus
/ˈɑmnɪbəs/
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What does omnibus mean?
noun
- An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.
- A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.
- A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
More meanings (8)
noun
- an omnibus box.
- (dated) A bus (vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads).
- (obsolete, slang) An assistant waiter.
adjective
- Containing multiple items.
- Of a transportation service, calling at every station, as opposed to express; local.
verb
- To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package.
- (dated) To drive an omnibus.
- (dated) To travel or be transported by omnibus.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɑmnɪbəs/
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The car which he occupied was a sort of long omnibus on eight wheels, and with no compartments in the interior.
When no interests but my own are involved, I am humbly content to get from place to place by the omnibus.
More book examples (3)
“I’ll tell you on the top of that omnibus,” he said, and was darting and dodging across the tangle of the traffic.
The omnibus drivers of London, for instance, what time have they for discharging the daily duties of parentage to their little ones?
Sue was for a few moments a little tearful at these reflections, and then the station omnibus came round to take her up.