omnibus

«omnibus» in Mova's school dictionary: A book or TV programme that puts several stories or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an omnibus, omnibuses); adjective (an omnibus edition)

meaning for a pupil

1) A book or TV programme that puts several stories or episodes together in one. tree →

2) (old) A bus; «bus» is short for omnibus. tree →

3) (adjective, formal) Covering many things at once: an omnibus bill. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you may see the «Sunday omnibus» of a TV show (all the week's episodes together) or an omnibus book of a whole series. In history lessons, the omnibus was a horse-drawn bus. Phrases: omnibus edition.

examples

• Grandma watches the omnibus of her favourite soap on Sundays. tree →
• I got an omnibus of all three dragon books. tree →
• The first omnibuses were pulled by horses. tree →
• «Bus» is short for omnibus. tree →
• The omnibus edition is three hours long. tree →
• The library has an omnibus of fairy tales. tree →
• Carriages and omnibuses are crowded, stuffed and embroidered with people. tree →

note

Plural: omnibuses. From Latin meaning «for all». Mostly old or formal; today we say bus. Not a maths word, though an omnibus edition adds up several episodes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «omnibus» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.