: an underground way: such as
a
: a passage under a street (as for pedestrians, power cables, or water or gas mains)
b
: a usually electric underground railway
c
subway
intransitive verb
Examples of subway in a Sentence
I took the subway to midtown.
No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was.
I've been on both the New York subway and the Underground in London.
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That Second Avenue subway extension is feeling pretty sweet now, too.
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2025
Those include modernizing subway signals, some of which were installed during the Depression era; making stations more accessible for riders with disabilities; and extending the Second Avenue subway line to East Harlem.
—Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The interior has white ceilings and airy white cabinets and subway tile in the kitchen.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 22 Feb. 2025
The scale of New York City's emergency response needs is immense, with 40,000 first responders addressing challenges as diverse as building collapses, subway emergencies, and potential terrorist threats.
—Maribel Lopez, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2025
Those include modernizing subway signals, some of which were installed during the Depression era; making stations more accessible for riders with disabilities; and extending the Second Avenue subway line to East Harlem.
—Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The interior has white ceilings and airy white cabinets and subway tile in the kitchen.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 22 Feb. 2025
The scale of New York City's emergency response needs is immense, with 40,000 first responders addressing challenges as diverse as building collapses, subway emergencies, and potential terrorist threats.
—Maribel Lopez, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subway
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“Subway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subway. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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subway
noun
sub·way
ˈsəb-ˌwā 
1
: an underground passage
2
: a usually electric underground railway
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