"two-way" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-two-way.wav
Etymology: From two + way. Compare Old English twiweġ (“intersection, junction of two roads”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|two|way}} two + way, {{cog|ang|twiweġ||intersection, junction of two roads}} Old English twiweġ (“intersection, junction of two roads”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} two-way (not comparable)
  1. (of a highway) Allowing traffic in two directions. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-bAVXjT21 Categories (other): Two Disambiguation of Two: 21 1 15 15 9 5 18 15
  2. (of traffic, visibility) Moving or occurring in opposite directions. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-SJBlCUc-
  3. (of a radio, etc.) Permitting communication in two directions, i.e. both transmitting and receiving. Tags: not-comparable, usually
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-Dqpib2cJ Categories (other): Two Disambiguation of Two: 21 1 15 15 9 5 18 15
  4. (of a project, treaty, etc.) Involving the mutual action or participation of two parties. Tags: not-comparable, usually
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-y9RVaH5A Categories (other): Two Disambiguation of Two: 21 1 15 15 9 5 18 15
  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 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, usually
    Sense id: en-two-way-en-adj-cjJgvVJ7 Categories (other): Statistics, Two Disambiguation of Two: 21 1 15 15 9 5 18 15 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)
Disambiguation of 'moving in both directions': 20 16 17 8 17 14 8

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-two-way.wav Forms: two-ways [plural]
Etymology: From two + way. Compare Old English twiweġ (“intersection, junction of two roads”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|two|way}} two + way, {{cog|ang|twiweġ||intersection, junction of two roads}} Old English twiweġ (“intersection, 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 (serving of Cincinnati chili): three-way, four-way, five-way, six-way
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Inflected forms

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