"two-way street" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-two-way street.ogg Forms: two-way streets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=two-way street}} two-way street (plural two-way streets)
  1. A street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions. Categories (topical): Roads Related terms: give and take Translations (street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions): двупосочна улица (dvuposočna ulica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 雙向街道 (Chinese Mandarin), 双向街道 (shuāngxiàng jiēdào) (Chinese Mandarin), kaksisuuntainen katu (Finnish), rue à double sens [feminine] (French), calle de doble sentido [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-two-way_street-en-noun-0FpU3USe Disambiguation of Roads: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions': 94 6
  2. (idiomatic) Any interaction in which both parties give and take equally. Tags: idiomatic Translations (interaction in which parties give and take equally): 互利互惠 (hùlìhùhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 互諒互讓 (Chinese Mandarin), 互谅互让 (hùliàng hùràng) (Chinese Mandarin), kaksisuuntainen [adjective] (Finnish), donnant-donnant [masculine] (French), échange de bons procédés [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-two-way_street-en-noun-7LCgQO~I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'interaction in which parties give and take equally': 8 92

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "dvuposočna ulica",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "двупосочна улица"
        },
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        "(idiomatic) Any interaction in which both parties give and take equally."
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dvuposočna ulica",
      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "двупосочна улица"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "word": "雙向街道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuāngxiàng jiēdào",
      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "word": "双向街道"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "word": "kaksisuuntainen katu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rue à double sens"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calle de doble sentido"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
      "word": "互利互惠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
      "word": "互諒互讓"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùliàng hùràng",
      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
      "word": "互谅互让"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "donnant-donnant"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
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}

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