omnibus
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”)
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- IPA: ˈɒmniˌbʌs
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Wikipedia 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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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.
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