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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtu.weɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-two-way.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From two + way. Compare Old English twiweġ (“an intersection, a junction of two roads”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|two|way}} two + way, {{cog|ang|twiweġ||an intersection, a junction of two roads}} Old English twiweġ (“an intersection, a junction of two roads”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} two-way (not comparable)
  1. (road transport) Of a highway, allowing traffic in two directions. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-kkYYaq78 Categories (other): Road transport, Road transport, Two Disambiguation of Road transport: 52 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Two: 14 1 20 14 11 6 16 18 Topics: road, transport
  2. (road transport) Of traffic or visibility, moving or occurring in opposite directions. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-fj9Wv3KV Categories (other): Road transport, Road transport Disambiguation of Road transport: 52 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 Topics: road, transport
  3. (radio) Permitting communication in two directions, i.e. both transmitting and receiving. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-Dqpib2cJ Categories (other): Radio, Two Disambiguation of Two: 14 1 20 14 11 6 16 18 Topics: broadcasting, media, radio
  4. Of a project, treaty, etc., involving the mutual action or participation of two parties. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-KMpEBRKv Categories (other): Two Disambiguation of Two: 14 1 20 14 11 6 16 18
  5. (education) Utilising both Western and Indigenous knowledge systems; bothways. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-h4~~6NII Categories (other): Education, Two Disambiguation of Two: 14 1 20 14 11 6 16 18 Topics: education
  6. (American football, ice hockey) Playing both offense and defense in the same game. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-fUP8LPb- Categories (other): Football (American), Ice hockey Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
  7. (statistics) Of a table, etc., having or involving exactly two variables; bivariate. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-l5wVJkig Categories (other): Statistics, Two Disambiguation of Two: 14 1 20 14 11 6 16 18 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: two-way mirror, two-way street Translations (moving in both directions): двупосочен (dvuposočen) (Bulgarian), 双向的 (Chinese Mandarin), obousměrný (Czech), tovejs (Danish), kaksisuuntainen (Finnish), ორმხრივი (ormxrivi) (Georgian), αμφίδρομος (amfídromos) (Greek), bivius (Latin), toveis (Norwegian Bokmål), dwukierunkowy (Polish), dubbelriktad (Swedish), tvåvägs (Swedish), dwyffordd (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'moving in both directions': 12 13 24 7 20 17 7

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtu.weɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-two-way.wav [Southern-England] Forms: two-ways [plural]
Etymology: From two + way. Compare Old English twiweġ (“an intersection, a junction of two roads”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|two|way}} two + way, {{cog|ang|twiweġ||an intersection, a junction of two roads}} Old English twiweġ (“an intersection, a junction of two roads”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} two-way (plural two-ways)
  1. (Cincinnati) A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti. Tags: Cincinnati Coordinate_terms: three-way, four-way, five-way, six-way
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Inflected forms

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