ONE-WAY STREET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one-way street mean? 

• ONE-WAY STREET (noun)
  The noun ONE-WAY STREET has 2 senses:

1. unilateral interaction

2. a street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction

  Familiarity information: ONE-WAY STREET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONE-WAY STREET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unilateral interaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

cooperation cannot be a one-way street

Hypernyms ("one-way street" is a kind of...):

unilateralism (the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("one-way street" is a kind of...):

street (the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel)