"door to door" meaning in English

See door to door in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} door to door (not comparable)
  1. Alternative spelling of door-to-door Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: door-to-door Synonyms: D2D [initialism]
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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} door to door (not comparable)
  1. (by metonymy) From one household or business to the next. Tags: metonymically, not-comparable Translations (from one household or business to the next): դռնեդուռ (dṙneduṙ) (Armenian), 門到門 (Chinese Mandarin), 门到门 (mén dào mén) (Chinese Mandarin), van deur tot deur (Dutch), ovelta ovelle (Finnish), porte à porte (French), de porta en porta (Galician), von Tür zu Tür (German), porta a porta (Italian), 各戸 (kakko) (alt: かっこ) (Japanese), ostiātim (Latin), de porta em porta (Portuguese), покварти́рно (pokvartírno) (Russian), de puerta en puerta (Spanish), från dörr till dörr (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-door_to_door-en-adv-huOQikWv Disambiguation of 'from one household or business to the next': 82 7 6 6
  2. (by metonymy) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.
    (by further extension) From shipper to recipient.
    Tags: metonymically, not-comparable Translations (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient): van deur tot deur (Dutch), ovelta ovelle (Finnish), de porta a porta (Galician), porta a porta (Portuguese), сквозно́й (skvoznój) (Russian), а́дресный (ádresnyj) (Russian)
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  3. (by metonymy) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.
    (by further extension) From inception to final completion.
    Tags: metonymically, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-door_to_door-en-adv-56TU00gi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 9 21 31 12 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 25 5 25 23 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 9 20 24 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 1 25 23 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 29 3 32 17 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 2 29 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 30 2 29 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 5 27 22 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 3 29 21 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 1 24 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 2 29 19 20
  4. (by metonymy) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination. Tags: metonymically, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-door_to_door-en-adv-OeVBn3Dp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 9 21 31 12 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 25 5 25 23 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 9 20 24 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 1 25 23 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 29 3 32 17 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 2 29 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 30 2 29 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 5 27 22 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 3 29 21 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 1 24 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 2 29 19 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination): 門到門 (Chinese Mandarin), 门到门 (mén dào mén) (Chinese Mandarin), van deur tot deur (Dutch), ovelta ovelle (Finnish), porte à porte (French), de porta a porta (Galician), von Tür zu Tür (German), porta a porta (Portuguese), от две́ри к две́ри (ot dvéri k dvéri) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'from ultimate origin to ultimate destination': 2 33 33 33
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      "word": "դռնեդուռ"
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