TWO-WAY STREET

Meaning of TWO-WAY STREET in English

ˌtwo-way ˈstreet BrE AmE noun

informal something is a two-way street used to say that a situation depends on two people working well together:

Marriage has to be a two-way street.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

TWO-WAY STREET — noun Date: 1948 a situation or relationship requiring give-and-take
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TWO WAY STREET — road where it is allowed to drive in both directions
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TWO-WAY STREET — Date: 1948 : a situation or relationship requiring give-and-take marriage is a two-way street
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWO-WAY STREET — Function: noun Date: 1948 : a situation or relationship requiring give-and-take <marriage is a two-way street >
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TWO-WAY STREET — a situation involving mutual or reciprocal action or obligation. → two-way
Concise Oxford English vocab
TWO-WAY STREET — [two-way street] n (1948): a situation or relationship requiring give-and-take "marriage is a two-way street"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TWO-WAY STREET — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Education is a two-way street . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But creative collaboration is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TWO-WAY STREET — n infml Friendship is a two-way street — Дружить можно только взаимно
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
TWO-WAY STREET — n infml Friendship is a two-way street — Дружить можно только взаимно
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
TWO-WAY STREET — two-way street n infml Friendship is a two-way street Дружить можно только взаимно
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TWO-WAY STREET — Friendship is a two-way street — Дружить можно только взаимно
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
TWO — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) two groups step for two Two Sicilies Kingdom of the
Английский словарь Британика
WAY — I. ˈwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English way, wey, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWO — I. ˈtü adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, two, adjective & pron., from Old English twā (feminine & neuter); akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STREET — I. ˈstrēt, usu -ēd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt; akin to Old Frisian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAY — way 1 — wayless , adj. /way/ , n. 1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TWO — /tooh/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 1 plus 1. 2. a symbol for this number, as 2 or II. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STREET — — streetless , adj. — streetlike , adj. /street/ , n. 1. a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWO — I. ˈtü adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, two, from Old English twā (feminine & neuter); akin to Old English twēgen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STREET — I. ˈstrēt noun Etymology: Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt, from Late Latin strata paved road, from Latin, feminine …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWO — noun one and one; twice one. 2. two ·noun a symbol representing two units, as 2, ii., or ii. 3. …
Webster English vocab
WAY — [way] n [ME, fr. OE weg; akin to OHG weg way, OE wegan to move, L vehere to carry, via …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TWO — [two] adj [ME twa, two, fr. OE twa (fem. & neut.); akin to OE twegen two (masc.), tu (neut.), OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STREET — [street] n [ME strete, fr. OE straet, fr. LL strata paved road, fr. L, fem. of stratus, pp.--more at stratum] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STREET — street, Street BrE AmE striːt ▷ streets striːts —Unlike all other words referring to thoroughfares, street is usually not accented …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAY — / weɪ; NAmE / noun , adverb ■ noun METHOD / STYLE 1. [ C ] way (to do sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWO — / tuː; NAmE / number 2 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STREET — / striːt; NAmE / noun ( abbr. St , st ) a public road in a city or town that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TWO — two /tuː/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: twa ] 1 . the number 2: I’ll be …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STREET — street S1 W1 /striːt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: stræt ] 1 . a public …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TWO — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STREET — n. 1 a a public road in a city, town, or village. b this with the houses or other buildings …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAY — n. & adv. n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TWO — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STREET — n. 1 a a public road in a city, town, or village. b this with the houses or other buildings …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1. a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Oxford English vocab
TWO — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Oxford English vocab
STREET — n.1 a a public road in a city, town, or village. b this with the houses or other buildings on …
Oxford English vocab
WAY — ( ways) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWO — ( twos) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Two is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STREET — ( streets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A street is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STREET — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is a road …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TWO — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 3 feet/1 cm/two inches etc thick ▪ The walls are about two meters thick. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STREET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a city street ▪ Traffic was moving slowly along the city streets. a crowd lines …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TWO — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] [plural] twos - (the number) 2They've got two houses.He's got two leather jackets already.I spent two years …
Cambridge English vocab
STREET
Cambridge English vocab
TWO — n. two groups step for two Two Sicilies Kingdom of the
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TWO — Synonyms and related words : biform, bifurcated, bilateral, bipartisan, bipartite, both, brace, couple, couplet, dichotomous, distich, double, double harness, doublet, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWO — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS …
Slang English vocab
TWO — n. two handed two time two wheeler
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STREET — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , wide ▪ narrow ▪ bustling , busy , congested , crowded ▪ pedestrian , pedestrianized …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WAY — See ↑ DIRECTION 1, ↑ WAY 1,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a fair way/quite a way/a good way • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAY — INDEX: a way of doing something 1. a way or method of doing something 2. the correct way of doing …
Longman Activator English vocab
TWO — INDEX: 1. two 2. two people 3. two things of the same type that are used together 4. each one …
Longman Activator English vocab
STREET — See ↑ ROAD/PATH 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ back street • ↑ cul-de-sac/dead end/dead end street • ↑ high street • …
Longman Activator English vocab
TWO — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS …
Словарь английских идиом
STREET — See: BACK STREET, CROSS STREET, MAN IN THE STREET, ON EASY STREET, SIDE STREET, STOP STREET, THROUGH STREET.
Словарь английских идиом
WAY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TWO — 1. числ. колич. два 2. сущ. 1) двойка 2) мн. второй номер, размер 3) двое; пара 4) два года; два …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STREET
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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