plural noun
Large road vehicles that carry many people and usually follow regular routes.
The buses stop outside my office.
We took two buses downtown.
American English
How to pronounce buses
noun · verbA2Common word
BUHsihz
/ˈbə.sɪz/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of bus
Buses can be a plural noun or a third-person singular verb.
Large road vehicles that carry many people and usually follow regular routes.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
plural noun
Shared sets of wires or connections that carry data between parts of computer or electronic systems.
The buses carry data between the boards.
Several buses share the system memory.
third-person singular verb
It takes people somewhere in a bus, especially students.
The district buses students to three schools.
The hotel buses guests to the airport.
third-person singular verb
It removes used dishes and cleans tables in a restaurant.
The server buses the tables after lunch.
She buses tables during the dinner shift.
Useful expressions
to travel somewhere by bus
I take the bus to work.
to arrive too late to catch the bus
We missed the bus by two minutes.
to leave the bus at a stop
Get off the bus at Main Street.
Related words & forms
The noun plural is buses. The verb can be spelled bused/busing or bussed/bussing.