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TWO-WAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does two-way mean?
• TWO-WAY (adjective)
The adjective TWO-WAY has 3 senses:
1. supported by both sides
2. involving two parts or elements
3. operating or permitting operation in either of two opposite directions
Familiarity information: TWO-WAY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supported by both sides
Synonyms:
bipartisan; bipartizan; two-party; two-way
Context example:
a two-way treaty
Similar:
nonpartisan; nonpartizan (free from party affiliation or bias)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Involving two parts or elements
Synonyms:
Context example:
a two-way treaty
Similar:
many-sided; multilateral (having many parts or sides)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Operating or permitting operation in either of two opposite directions
Context example:
two-way streets
Similar:
bidirectional (reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions)
Context examples
A two-way valve designed to control the pressure in an endotracheal tube cuff as introduced through a pilot balloon.
(Pilot Balloon Valve Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
In a paper called Reciprocal signaling in honeyguide-human mutualism, Dr Claire Spottiswoode and co-authors (conservationists Keith Begg and Dr Colleen Begg of the Niassa Carnivore Project) reveal that honeyguides are able to respond adaptively to specialised signals given by people seeking their collaboration, resulting in two-way communication between humans and wild birds.
(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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