[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bus.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / bus [← B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/B/) # bus «bus» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big road vehicle that carries many people, often on a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (bus, buses); verb (bus, buses, bused/bussed — to take by bus) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A bus is a big road vehicle that carries many people, often on a set route with stops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#m1) 2) A school bus takes children to and from school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#m2) 3) To bus people is to take them somewhere by bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#m3) 4) (casual) «Hop on the bus», «catch the bus», «get the bus» all mean travel by bus; «the 12» means the bus number 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#m4) 5) (casual) «Throw someone under the bus» means blame them to save yourself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#m5) 6) (rude) «The bloody bus is late again» is everyday grumbling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#m6) 7) (formal) Notices and exams say «omnibus» (old), «public transport vehicle», «passengers alighting» (getting off) and «passengers boarding» (getting on), «coach» for a long-distance bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#m7) 8) Old Southern speech uses "bus" or "bust" to mean to break or burst out suddenly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#m8) ### sense in the lessons a vehicle where passengers get on (add) and get off (take away); also buses that carry equal numbers; road safety: wait at the stop, cross behind the bus only when it has gone; phrases: «get on the bus», «get off the bus», «by bus», «bus stop», «school bus», «miss the bus», «bus pass», «bus fare»; in casual talk «catch the 12», «bus at 8:40», «hop on»; in rough talk «bloody bus is late again», «he threw me under the bus»; in the exam voice «7 passengers alighted», «5 passengers boarded», «a vehicle with a seating capacity of 40» ### examples - There were 28 children on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x1) - At the stop, 7 children got off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x2) - 5 more got on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x3) - Each bus holds 40 people; how many buses are needed for 120? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x4) - I go to school by bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x5) - Hurry or we'll miss the bus! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x6) - Stay in your seat while the bus is moving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x7) - bus at 8:40, its 8:25 now, how long? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x8) - Bloody bus is late again, 20 minutes! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x9) - He threw me under the bus and told Miss it was my idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x10) - A vehicle conveying 28 passengers halts, whereupon 7 alight and 5 board. Determine the number of passengers thereafter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x11) - The bus fare is 2 dollars for kids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/#x12) ### note Plural: buses. A place whose count changes: «got on» adds, «got off» takes away; «boarded» adds, «alighted» takes away. Trap: «how many more got off than got on» asks for a difference of the changes, not the people on the bus. Trap: «how many buses are needed» rounds up: a part-full bus still counts. «bus at 8:40, it's 8:25» asks for the wait: 15 minutes. ### In the corpora - [Shops, hospitals, buses and factories need people at all hours, so their workers follow a rota that can change every week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/1/) - [He writes on the back of an envelope: food £45, bus fares £20, power £15.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums/4/) - [«The bus left at 3:15 and arrived 20 minutes later.» When did it arrive?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/10/) - [Cover each part: «you'll catch the bus» makes sense alone, so that is the main clause.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/7/) - [When a bus or car brakes suddenly, the people inside lurch forward.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/11/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «bus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.