Omnibus Definition

ŏmnĭ-bŭs, -bəs
omnibuses
noun
omnibuses
A long motor vehicle for passengers; a bus.
American Heritage

Bus.

Webster's New World
A large volume containing a collection of previously published works, as by a single author or on one theme.
Webster's New World
(dated) A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus).
Wiktionary

A broadcast program consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.

The omnibus edition of "The Archers" is broadcast every Sunday morning at 11.00.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Including many things or having a variety of purposes or uses.
Webster's New World
Having many purposes or treating with numerous things at the same time; including many things.
Webster's New World Law
Containing multiple items.
The legislature enacted an omnibus appropriations bill.
Wiktionary
verb
To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package.
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Other Word Forms of Omnibus

Noun

Singular:
omnibus
Plural:
omnibuses

Origin of Omnibus

  • French from Latin for all dative pl. of omnis all op- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin omnibus (“for all"), dative plural of omnis (“all")

    From Wiktionary

Omnibus Sentence Examples

  • Since 1880 services of omnibus steamers (now municipal) have also been introduced.

  • Seward and his contemptuous reference to the territorial portion of Clay's compromise measures as the " Omnibus Bill."

  • The main access to London was by horse omnibus along Edgware Road.

  • It has been found, however, in the case of such circular or belt railways, that the time lost in traversing the circle and in walking from the circumference to the centre is so great that the gain in journey speed over a direct surface tramway or omnibus is entirely lost.

  • This belief is, of course, not specifically Christian; it has been held at all times and everywhere by men of the most various races and creeds; and, if there be any validity in the contention that that is true which has been held semper, ubique, et ab omnibus, no fact is better established.

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