omnibus
IPA: ˈɑmnʌbʌs
noun
- (dated) A bus (vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads).
- 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.
- (philately) A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
verb
- (transitive) To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package.
- (intransitive, dated) To drive an omnibus.
- (intransitive, dated) To travel or be transported by omnibus.
adjective
- Containing multiple items.
- Of a transportation service, calling at every station, as opposed to express; local.
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Examples of "omnibus" in Sentences
- The omnibus encouraged urbanization.
- Later collected in an omnibus edition.
- There was also one omnibus route there.
- But the big giveaway is the red omnibus.
- An omnibus hearing is a pretrial hearing.
- Single appearance, they go into the omnibus.
- An omnibus blanking is overkill at this point.
- There is no assumed structure to an omnibus element.
- The Omnibus is a handsome machine, in the shape of a van.
- She was very very adorable in the omnibus again this week.
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