one-way
- adjective
- /ˈwʌnˌweɪ/
- To reach the beach, we took a one-way road that didn't allow for any turns back.
- a one-way street
It just doesn't it you it's a one way street, right?
- It just doesn't it you it's a one way street, right?
Examples
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We're giving you a one-way ticket home.
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A one-way ticket to Palookaville!
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We could only sell enough for four one way tickets.
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Actually, you only had enough points for a one-way ticket.
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I have been promised a one-way ticket.
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Thought this was a one-way trip.
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That would be a one-way trip.
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So I bought a one-way ticket to New York and never looked back.
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It's a one-way trip, Richard.
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Straight ahead, the street they're on is one-way in the opposite direction.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
Working or moving in only one direction
Antonyms
How Bidirectional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
One-way is made of two simple words: one 'single' and way 'path' or 'direction', so it literally means movement in a 'single' direction. That's why a one-way street or ticket lets you go only one way and usually not return the same way.