Omnibus
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English
Noun
Omnibus (plural Omnibuses)- (obsolete) A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus).
- 1911: E. M. Forster, "The Celestial Omnibus"
- "Please, is that an omnibus?"
"Omnibus est," said the driver, without turning round.
- "Please, is that an omnibus?"
- 1959: Michael Flanders, "At the Drop of a Hat"
- "Omnibus, my friend Mr. Swann informs me, comes from the Latin omnibus, meaning to or for by with or from everybody, which is a very good description. Well, this song is about a bus, it's wittily subtitled - I thought of this - 'A Transport of Delight'."
- 1988: Rowan Atkinson as Ebenezer Blackadder in "Blackadder's Christmas Carol", written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton
- 1911: E. M. Forster, "The Celestial Omnibus"
- An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.
- A television program consisting of all of the episodes of a soap opera that have been shown in the previous week.
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Adjective
omnibus (no comparative or superlative; used only before a noun)
- Containing multiple items.
- The legislature enacted an omnibus appropriations bill.
- An edition of a radio programme consisting of all of the episodes of a soap opera that have been broadcast in the previous week.
- The omnibus edition of "The Archers" is broadcast every Sunday morning at 11.00
- (philately) a stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
Thesaurus
Festschrift, absolute, across-the-board, aggregate, album, all, all-comprehensive, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-out, all-pervading, ana, analects, anthology, autobus, beauties, blanket, born, broad-based, bus, cab, canon, chartered bus, chrestomathy, clean, clear, collectanea, collected works, collection, compendious, compilation, complete, complete works, comprehensive, congenital, consummate, deep-dyed, delectus, diligence, double-decker, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, encyclopedic, entire, exhaustive, florilegium, flowers, garden, garland, global, gross, hack, hired car, holistic, inclusive, integral, integrated, intensive, jitney, mail coach, miscellanea, miscellany, motor coach, motorbus, omnipresent, one, one and indivisible, out-and-out, outright, over-all, panoramic, perfect, pervasive, photograph album, plain, plumb, post coach, posy, pure, quotation book, radical, regular, scrapbook, sheer, stage, stagecoach, straight, sweeping, symposium, synoptic, taxi, taxicab, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, whole, wholesale, without exception, without omission
Etymology
From Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”)
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Latin
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omnibus
