English
Etymology
one-way + street
Noun
one-way street (plural one-way streets)
- A road in which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction.
- (figurative) A course of action that cannot be undone or does not lead to reciprocation.
- 2009, Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou, Handbook of Managerial Behavior and Occupational Health (page 186)
- Romantic love is not selfless but selfish. Although real love is not altruistic, nor is it narcissistic – a 'me-only', one-way street relationship.
Antonyms
Translations
road in which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 單向街／单向街 (dānxiàngjiē), 单向街 (dānxiàngjiē), 單向道／单向道 (dānxiàngdào), 单向道 (dānxiàngdào), 單行道／单行道 (zh) (dānxíngdào), 单行道 (zh) (dānxíngdào), 單行街／单行街 (dānxíngjiē), 单行街 (dānxíngjiē)
- Czech: jednosměrka
- Danish: ensrettet vej c, ensrettet gade c (in a town)
- Finnish: yksisuuntainen katu
- French: rue à sens unique f
- German: Einbahnstraße (de) f
- Greek: μονόδρομος (el) m (monódromos)
- Hausa: wanwê f
- Hungarian: egyirányú utca (hu)
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- Icelandic: einstefnugata (is) f
- Irish: sráid aontreo f
- Japanese: 一方通行 (いっぽうつうこう, ippōtsūkō)
- Korean: 일방통행로 (ilbangtonghaengno)
- Macedonian: еднонасочна улица f (ednonasočna ulica)
- Malay: jalan sehala
- Portuguese: rua de mão única f
- Russian: у́лица с односторо́нним движе́нием f (úlica s odnostorónnim dvižénijem)
- Spanish: calle de un solo sentido f, calle de mano única f (Argentina), flecha (es) f (Venezuela, colloquial)
- Swedish: enkelriktad gata c, enkelriktad väg c
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