two-way street
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈtuːˌweɪ striːt/
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calle de doble sentido
- Before you drive, make sure you know that the upcoming lane is a two-way street.
Examples
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Communication is a two-way street.
Academic text (2001) -
The town's main road is a two-way street, allowing traffic to move in both directions.
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This is a two-way street.
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This is a two-way street.
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An effective relationship is a two-way street, benefiting both buyer and supplier.
Academic text (2009) -
Storefront shops and run-down apartments lined both sides of this two-way street.
Fiction book (1996) -
Pedestrians need to be careful when crossing this two-way street since cars come from both directions.
Antonyms
How Separated
Surface Forms
Morphology
two-way + street
The meaning 'a street on which vehicles are allowed to travel in both directions' is directly and compositionally derived from 'two-way' (allowing movement in two directions) + 'street' (a public road). This literal, productive compound follows transparent logic found in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would readily understand it.
Etymology
Two-way street comes from the simple image of a street where cars can travel in both directions, so two-way means traffic goes both ways. That's why it means 'a street that allows vehicles to travel both directions'.