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ONE-WAY STREET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("one-way street" is a kind of...):
street (the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unilateral interaction
Example:
cooperation cannot be a one-way street
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("one-way street" is a kind of...):
unilateralism (the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations)
