Meanings
nounone-way street (plural one-way streets)
plural one-way streets
- figurativelyA course of action that cannot be undone.
- figurativelySomething that lacks reciprocity.
Romantic love is not selfless but selfish. Although real love is not altruistic, nor is it narcissistic – a 'me-only', one-way street relationship.
2009, Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou, Handbook of Managerial Behavior and Occupational Health, page 1861 more example
Judaism is not about reading your personal experiences into Jewish ritual, waving a wand, and declaring the result "Judaism". Vietnam has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on Torah values. Torah values can, obviously, have a bearing on Vietnam, or on anything else, but it's a one-way street.
2006 April 27, Lisa, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Bulgarian еднопосо́чна у́лица
- еднопосо́чна у́лица (ednoposóčna úlica)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Chinese Cantonese 單程路 /单程路
- 單程路 /单程路 (daan¹ cing⁴ lou⁶)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Chinese Mandarin 單向街 /单向街, 單向道 /单向道
- 單向街 /单向街 (dānxiàngjiē)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- 單向道 /单向道 (dānxiàngdào)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- 單行道 /单行道 (dānxíngdào)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- 單行街 /单行街 (dānxíngjiē)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Czech jednosměrka
- jednosměrkaroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Danish ensrettet vej, ensrettet gade
- ensrettet vejroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- ensrettet gaderoad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Dutch eenrichtingsstraat
- eenrichtingsstraatroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Finnish yksisuuntainen katu
- yksisuuntainen katuroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
French rue à sens unique
- rue à sens uniqueroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
German Einbahnstraße
- Einbahnstraßeroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Greek μονόδρομος
- μονόδρομος (monódromos)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Hungarian egyirányú utca
- egyirányú utcaroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Icelandic einstefnugata
- einstefnugataroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Irish sráid aontreo
- sráid aontreoroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Japanese 一方通行
- 一方通行 (ippōtsūkō)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Korean 일방통행, 일방통행로
- 일방통행 (ilbangtonghaeng)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- 일방통행로 (ilbangtonghaengno)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Malay jalan sehala
- jalan sehalaroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Polish ulica jednokierunkowa
- ulica jednokierunkowaroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Portuguese rua de mão única
- rua de mão únicaroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Romanian sens unic
- sens unicroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Russian у́лица с односторо́нним движе́нием
- у́лица с односторо́нним движе́нием (úlica s odnostorónnim dvižénijem)road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Spanish calle de un solo sentido, calle de mano única
- calle de un solo sentidoroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- calle de mano únicaroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- flecharoad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Swedish enkelriktad gata, enkelriktad väg
- enkelriktad gataroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
- enkelriktad vägroad on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction
Cite this entry
APA
one-way street. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-way%20street
MLA
“one-way street.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-way%20street. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one-way street,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-way%20street.
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