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What (who) is one-way - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
One way; One Way; One Way (song); One-way (disambiguation); One Way (band); One Way (album); One Way (film)
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1.
In one-way streets or traffic systems, vehicles can only travel along in one direction.
He zoomed through junctions without stopping and sped the wrong way down a one-way street.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
One-way describes journeys which go to just one place, rather than to that place and then back again.
The trailers will be rented for one-way trips...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
A one-way ticket or fare is for a journey from one place to another, but not back again. (mainly AM)
...a one-way ticket from New York to Los Angeles.
= single
? return
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Unrestricted fares will be increased as much as $80 one-way.
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If you say that a course of action is a one-way ticket to a place or situation, or is a one-way journey there, you are sure that it will lead to the place or situation mentioned.
It seemed like a one-way ticket to riches, but then it all went wrong...
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One-way glass or a one-way mirror is a piece of glass which acts as a mirror when looked at from one side, but acts as a window when looked through from the other side. They are used for watching people without their knowledge.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
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If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
The experience of the last 10 years has shown that, for the Eurosceptics, loyalty is a one-way street; something you demand but do not give...
So trade between the two nations has been something of a one-way street, with Cuba deriving the benefit.
PHRASE
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¦ adjective moving or allowing movement in one direction only.
One-Way (novel)
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One-Way () is a 1994 novel by the French writer Didier Van Cauwelaert. It received the Prix Goncourt.
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One-way
One-way or one way may refer to:
- One-way traffic, a street either facilitating only one-way traffic, or designed to direct vehicles to move in one direction
- One-way travel, a trip that does not return to its origin
Examples of use of one-way
1. That is one way of learning, but it is only one way of learning.
2. No windows, two stalls, one way in, one way out, it was reported.
3. "There is only one way to make this kebab, there is only one way to cook it, and there is only one way to eat it," said Orhan Yegen, a noted purist on the subject of Turkish cuisine.
4. She approaches a cold case in one way and one way only: "Can I take this to trial?" If there is not enough evidence, the answer is no.
5. "The estate used to be big tower blocks but now its been designed so that there‘s only one way in and one way out.