- bus
- nounADJECTIVE▪ regular▪
There are regular buses to the beach.
▪ shuttle▪ double-decker, open-topped (BrE)▪ last▪I missed the last bus and had to walk.
▪ city (esp. AmE), local, public▪ sightseeing (BrE), tour, tourist▪ school, yellow▪ campaign▪ airport▪ crowded▪ teamVERB + BUS▪ go by, go on, ride (AmE), take, travel by, use▪ wait for▪I waited 40 minutes for a bus.
▪ run for▪I left work a little late and had to run for my bus.
▪ catch, get▪ miss▪ board, get on, get onto▪ get off, leave▪ driveBUS + VERB▪ go, run▪Local buses run regularly to and from the campus.
▪ arrive, come▪ pull up, stop▪The bus pulled up and we got on.
▪The buses stop outside the post office.
▪ pick sb up▪The double-decker bus stopped to pick up some more passengers.
▪ leave sth▪The bus left the city, heading north.
▪ go from … , leave from …▪Buses leave from here every hour or so.
▪ carry sb▪a bus carrying 56 passengers
▪ be full▪ be lateBUS + NOUN▪ schedule (esp. AmE), times (BrE), timetable (BrE)▪Look up the bus schedule on the Internet.
▪ line (esp. AmE), route▪ lane▪ depot, shelter, station, stop, terminal▪ queue (BrE)▪ journey (esp. BrE), ride, trip▪a short bus journey to work (BrE)
▪a four-hour bus journey over the mountains (BrE, AmE)
▪ tour▪ conductor (BrE), driver, passenger (esp. BrE), rider (AmE)▪ fare▪ pass, ticket▪ company, line (AmE)▪ service, system▪ boycottPREPOSITION▪ by bus▪It's about 15 minutes away by bus.
▪ on a/the bus▪people who travel on buses
▪ bus for▪Is this the bus for Recife?
▪ bus from, bus into▪the bus into town
▪ bus to▪the bus from Charlottesville to Union Station
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
