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Omnibus


 

Omnibus is a Latin word meaning "for all (people)" and has five main meanings in standard English:

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  • A vehicle for transporting large numbers of people. See bus.
  • A book or video collecting two or more previous works by the same author or director. See omnibus (media).
  • For a soap opera or similar broadcast it is a compilation of daily episodes that is usually broadcast during the following weekend. See omnibus (broadcast)
  • A law which covers many different subjects, or has had many unrelated additions tacked onto it.
  • A survey in which data on a wide variety of subjects is collected during the same interview. See omnibus (survey)
  • A vehicle of mass transit capable of visiting any physical or conceptual location. See The Magic School Bus.
  • A broadcast program of the BBC. See Omnibus (BBC)
  • Note: Omnibus had no plural in Latin, because it was already a plural word. In English, its plural is "omnibuses", not "omnibi", which is a solecism.

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