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one-way

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌwʌnˈweɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(wun′wā′)

ˈone-ˈway, adj. [before a noun]

moving or allowing movement in one direction only:a one-way street.
used or usable for travel in one direction only:a one-way ticket.
without returning the same feeling, without equal responsibility, etc.:a one-way friendship.

one-way (wun′wā′),USA pronunciation adj.

moving, or allowing movement in one direction only:a one-way street.
valid for travel in one direction only:a one-way ticket.Cf. round trip.
without a reciprocal feeling, responsibility, relationship, etc.:It's a one-way friendship.
not intended for return to a seller, dealer, etc., for reuse;
disposable:one-way bottles.

1815–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

one-way adj

moving or allowing travel in one direction only: one-way traffic
entailing no reciprocal obligation, action, etc: a one-way agreement

'one-way' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

nonjudgmental - off-ramp - one - set - valve - waver - black - indifferent - moving violation - polarized - repeater - tumble - wag - single - single ticket - specific

In Lists: Types of roads, Types of roads, Road terms, more...

Synonyms: directional, one-sided, unilateral, restricted, directed, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "one-way" in the title:

(in) one way or another
a one-way ride to Hell.
A trip one way is 15 km and the other way is also 15 km.
Ain't but one way to get to his house: That's by boat
can swing one way or the other
change my one-way ticket ... <to / for?> round trip
change one-way ticket to Singapore to round trip
corresponds to one way of making sense
Does the sentence read better (in) one way?
driving < against > a one-way street
Everyone at the party was related (in) one way or another.
face one way and then another
First one way then another
flights of fancy might be one way
go again me one way as another?
he’s a one-way street
helping others in one way or another/helping others directly or indirectly
I need <a> one-way ticket
in one way or another
In one way or another
in one way rather than another
In one way, I know it
it doesn't win the argument one way or the other
Lived one way here all our lives
looked one way
Make one way
More than one way to skin a cat
No <commitment> one way or the other?
No one way is best
not one way or the other about it
more...

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