HOV

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɪt͡ʃ əʊ ˈviː/

Noun

HOV (plural HOVs)

  1. (US, automotive) Initialism of high-occupancy vehicle.
    • 2022 July 12, Luke Vander Ploeg, “Can You Drive Alone in the H.O.V. Lane if You’re Pregnant? A Post-Roe Quandary.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      Ultimately, Ms. Bottone said she just wanted to know whether she could keep driving in the H.O.V. lane for the remainder of her pregnancy, as she said she had in her previous pregnancies, long before the overturning of Roe.
  2. (US, traffic control) Initialism of high-occupancy vehicle lane.
  3. (nautical) Initialism of human-occupied vehicle.

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high occupancy vehicle lane

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