omnibus

Meanings

Noun

• A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus).
• An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.
• A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.
• A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.

Adjective

• Containing multiple items.

Verb

• To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package.
• To drive an omnibus.
• To travel or be transported by omnibus.

Origin

• From French omnibus, from Latin omnibus ("for all"), dative case plural of omnis, from Proto-Indo-European ("working"), from *h₃ep- or *h₁op-.