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THE STREET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used to allude to the securities industry of the United States
Synonyms:
the Street; Wall Street
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("the Street" is a kind of...):
market; securities industry (the securities markets in the aggregate)
Context examples:
Here I paused, I knew not why; but I remained some minutes with my eyes fixed on a coach that was coming towards me from the other end of the street.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
"So my daughter Middleton told me, for it seems Sir John met him somewhere in the street this morning."
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It was close by him, and he was out in the street in a moment.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving trade on the weekdays.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
When the man had fairly gone, we three crossed the street and knocked at the door.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“What was I talking of?” said she, beginning again when they were all in the street.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The Eldorado emptied its occupants into the street to see the test.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
“Then, good-night, your Majesty, and I trust that we shall soon have some good news for you. And good-night, Watson,” he added, as the wheels of the royal brougham rolled down the street.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Aylward's words were interrupted by an extraordinary hubbub which broke out that instant some little way down the street in the direction of the Priory.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The project is significant not only because of the scientific results, but also because it is likely to capture the imagination of people on the street.
(Star Explosion Could Change Night Sky, VOA News)
