The project was a failure, but it did pave the way for the success of later efforts.
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Pave
//peɪv//
Synonyms for "pave" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
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Related words (36)
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4 entriesderived
13 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 26 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- plavei verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- daşlamaq verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Bulgarian
2 entries- настилам verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- павирам verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Catalan
4 entries- empedrar verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- empedrar verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- pavimentar verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- pavimentar verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鋪砌 /铺砌 verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Danish
2 entries- asfaltere verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- brolægge verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Dutch
4 entries- asfalteren verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- bestraten verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- bestraten verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- betegelen verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Esperanto
1 entries- pavimi verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Finnish
3 entries- kivetä verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- kivetä verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- päällystää verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
French
2 entries- paver verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- paver verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Galician
1 entries- pavimentar verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
German
3 entries- bepflastern verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- mit Platten auslegen verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- pflastern verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Italian
2 entries- lastricare verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- pavimentare verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Japanese
3 entries- 敷く verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- 敷く verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- 舗装する verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Latin
1 entries- pavīmentō verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Lithuanian
2 entries- grįsti verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- išgrįsti verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Malay
1 entries- turap verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Norwegian
2 entries- asfaltere verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- steinlegge verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Occitan
4 entries- caladar verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- pasimentar verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- pasimentar verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- pavar verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دوشهمك verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Portuguese
2 entries- pavimentar verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- pavimentar verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Quechua
1 entries- khallkiy verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Russian
4 entries- асфальти́ровать verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- вы́мостить verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- вы́мостить verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- заасфальти́ровать verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ùrlaraich verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
Spanish
3 entries- asfaltar verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- pavimentar verb ((British) to cover with paving stones)
- pavimentar verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Swedish
2 entries- asfaltera verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
- stenlägga verb ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The city began to pave streets in 1910.
Source: tatoeba (5262978)
The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will also characterize the planet's climate and geology, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first planetary mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.
Source: tatoeba (8904160)
Recent test drilling for oil may pave the way for development of the energy sector.
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