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on-street

on-street

3 3.9
At the side of a street where people park or put signs
  • adjective
translation icon : en la calle
  • According to the census, San Francisco has over 280,000 metered and unmetered on-street parking spaces available and approximately 160,000 off-street spaces, including free, paid, customer-only, and permitted parking spaces.
  • on-street parking
  • on-street bike lanes

Examples

  • Are you suggesting that all on-street parking in the City of Seattle be paid parking?

    Blog text (2)

  • This is a triumph in protecting on-street parking and car traffic!

    Blog text (25)

  • And there was no on-street parking.

    Miss Meadows (2014)

  • The other night, my sister was complaining that her "regular" on-street parking space had been taken by another neighbor.

    Blog text (10)

  • The money spent on this project should be counted as money to preserve on-street parking and car traffic volume.

    Blog text (25)

  • Within urban districts, all streets must have minimum sidewalk widths and provide on-street parking.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The removal of on-street parking to improve visibility is not feasible at this time due to the heavy on-street parking demand.

    Blog text (3)

  • Since 2002, Chicago has been creating and adding more on-street bike lanes and routes that make navigating through the city on a bike fun and safe.

    Blog text (17)

  • Some residents have their own off-street parking but aren't using it because there's ample, basically free on-street parking (paid for by taxpayers).

    Blog text (32)

  • The city council has decided to increase the fees for on-street parking to reduce congestion.

Synonyms

streetside
vson-street
3.2

At the side of a street where people pass

focuses on parking or traffic use rather than just physical position

Antonyms

off-street
2 3.6

Away from a public street, often for parking or loading behind buildings

Surface Forms

on-street positive

Morphology

on-street = street (transparent) = on + street

The meaning of 'on-street' is directly derived from 'on' and 'street', indicating location on the street. [Postprocessing: moved 'on' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word on-street is simply the parts on, meaning 'on', and street, meaning 'road', so it names things that are 'on the street', like parking, signs, or bike racks at the side of the road.