"two-way street" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-two-way street.ogg [Australia] 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: 67 33 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, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 75 Disambiguation of 'interaction in which parties give and take equally': 9 91

Inflected forms

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      "word": "двупосочна улица"
    },
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      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "word": "雙向街道"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuāngxiàng jiēdào",
      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "word": "双向街道"
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "street in which traffic is allowed to proceed in two directions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
      "word": "互利互惠"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
      "word": "互諒互讓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùliàng hùràng",
      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
      "word": "互谅互让"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interaction in which parties give and take equally",
      "tags": [
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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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