American Dictionary
Definition subway in American English
subway
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
[countable]
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
Differences between American and British English: subway
In the U.S., the subway is an underground railroad in a city: Take the subway to 14th Street. In the U.K., you would call this the underground or the tube. When British speakers say subway, they mean an underground tunnel that people can walk through to get to the other side of a busy road: It’s safest to use the subway to get across at this corner.
the New York subway system
