one-way
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adjective
1.
moving, or allowing movement in one direction only: a one-way street.
2.
valid for travel in one direction only: a one-way ticket. Compare round trip.
3.
without a reciprocal feeling, responsibility, relationship, etc.: It's a one-way friendship.
4.
not intended for return to a seller, dealer, etc., for reuse; disposable: one-way bottles.
Origin:
1815–25
1815–25
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One-way
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| one-way | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | moving or allowing travel in one direction only: one-way traffic |
| 2. | entailing no reciprocal obligation, action, etc: a one-way agreement |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
one-way
1906, in ref. to travel tickets; 1914 in ref. to streets; 1940 in ref. to windows, mirrors, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Multiple agency actions and/or communication is not a one-way street.
To calculate one-way fares enter your destination into trip planner.
Blocking a ray from one direction and allowing in a ray from the other could be useful for making a one-way street for light.
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