one-way

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Etymology

See separate entries for one and way.
First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors

Pronunciation

• enPR: [wŭnwā]

Adjective

one-way (not comparable)

1. allowing movement in only one direction

   The town centre is now a system of one-way streets.

2. allowing travel in only one direction

   I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds.

Antonyms

• retour
• round trip

See also

• one-way mirror
• one-way street
• one-way ticket

Translations

allowing movement in only one direction

• Albanian: njëdrejtimësh (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單向 (cmn), 单向 (cmn) (dānxiàng)

• Czech: jednosměrný (cs)
• Finnish: yksisuuntainen (fi)
• French: à sens unique (fr)

• German: Einweg- (de), Einbahn- (de)
• Greek: μονόδρομος (el) (monódromos) m
• Hungarian: egyirányú (hu)
• Irish: aontreo (ga)
• Italian: senso unico (it) m
• Macedonian: еднонасочен (mk) (ednonásočen) m
• Russian: односторонний (ru) (odnostorónnij)

allowing travel in only one direction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單程 (cmn), 单程 (cmn) (dānchéng)

• Finnish: yksisuuntainen (fi)
• French: aller simple (fr)
• German: einfach (de)
• Greek: χωρίς επιστροφή (el) (chorís epistrofí)

• Hungarian: egyirányú (hu)
• Japanese: 片道 (ja) (かたみち, katamichi)
• Macedonian: еднонасочен (mk) (ednonásočen) m
• Russian: в один конец (ru) (v odín konéc), в одну сторону (ru) (v odnú stóronu)

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Translations to be checked

• Swedish: enkelriktad (1), enkel, enkel- (2) (one-way ticket = enkelbiljett)