Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long motor vehicle for passengers; a bus.
- noun A printed anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects.
- adjective Including or covering many things or classes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Including all or a great number; covering or designed to cover many different cases or things; embracing numerous distinct objects: as, an omnibus bill, clause, or order.
- noun A long-bodied four-wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers, generally between two fixed stations, the seats being arranged lengthwise, with the entrance at the rear.
- noun In glass-making, a sheet-iron cover for articles in an annealing-arch, to protect them from drafts of air.
- noun Same as
omnibus-box . - noun A man or boy who assists a waiter in a hotel or restaurant, removes the soiled dishes, and brings new supplies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to or dealing with a variety of topics at one time.
- adjective [Eng.] a large box in a theater, on a level with the stage and having communication with it.
- noun A long vehicle, having seats for many people; a bus.
- noun (Glass Making) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.
- noun (Printing) A volume containing collected and reprinted works of a single author or on a single theme.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a
bus ). - noun An
anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form. - noun A broadcast
program consisting of all of the episodes of aserial that have been shown in the previous week. - noun philately A stamp issue, usually
commemorative , that appearssimultaneously in several countries as a joint issue. - adjective Containing multiple items.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- adjective providing for many things at once
- noun an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One used to see, on the one-horsed omnibus which in old times represented the locomotion of Madrid, _Serbicio de omnibus_ quite as often as _Servicio_.
Spanish Life in Town and Country L. Higgin
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My agent is working to get those OOP titles in omnibus form, but so far it's slow going.
Good news, bad news p_n_elrod 2009
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There were, Pfeiffer said, several unresolved issues with the long-term omnibus bill, chief among them policy riders that would alter previously passed legislation and compromise executive powers.
In Budget Negotiations, White House Throws A Curve Ball On Omnibus Bill The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Children of the Night by Mercedes Lackey – keeper, in omnibus
December in Review 2009
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Fans of pulled TOKYOPOP series Rave Master will be pleased to know that Del Rey now has the license and will be releasing the remainder of the series in omnibus form.
NYAF Panel Report: Guest Blogger Melinda Beasi on Manga Announcements » Manga Worth Reading 2009
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There were, Pfeiffer said, several unresolved issues with the long-term omnibus bill, chief among them policy riders that would alter previously passed legislation and compromise executive powers.
In Budget Negotiations, White House Throws A Curve Ball On Omnibus Bill The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Given that the release timeframe has shrunk to three months, maybe it will be out around the time the second omnibus is available?
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But I picked up the Geodesica omnibus from the SFBC and I am totally getting Saturn Returns when it's out.
Back on Cover Art Lou Anders 2006
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Note 89: Must., pp. 15 — 16, esp.chap. 44: "Quomodo mense septimo agendae sunt gravidae mulieres? in omnibus patienter et quiete, ne nimia gestatione pecus iam perfectum foris excutiatur, siquidem etiam et septimani nasci possunt."
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Now it does not follow from this text that all persons are obliged to marry, even if the word omnibus were rendered, in all persons, instead of in all things: for if it was a precept, St. Paul himself would have transgressed it, as he never married.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 65: Hebrews The Challoner Revision
milosrdenstvi commented on the word omnibus
Just a so-much-funnier way to say bus. Quick! Get on that omnibus!
August 18, 2008