two-way

[ too-wey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

providing for or allowing movement in opposite directions, or both to and from a place:
two-way traffic.
allowing or entailing communication or exchange between two persons, groups, countries, etc.
involving two parties or participants, as a relationship or agreement; two-sided:
a two-way race for the nomination.
entailing responsibilities, obligations, etc., on both such parties.
capable of both receiving and sending signals:
a two-way radio.
capable of being used in two ways.

two-way

moving, permitting movement, or operating in either of two opposite directions
a two-way valve
two-way traffic
involving two participants
a two-way agreement
involving reciprocal obligation or mutual action
a two-way process
(of a radio, telephone, etc) allowing communications in two directions using both transmitting and receiving equipment

Origin of two-way¹

First recorded in 1565–75

What pundits think, however, is that this is a two-way race between Breaking Bad and True Detective.

The Delle Donnas retorted that their friendship with Medrano was a two-way street.

Two-way trade with the U.S. alone had grown to $7.3 billion.

The agent had a two-way radio connecting him with other agents downtown.

The revelations from Snowden provide evidence that such hacking is a two-way street.

Fasten a double or two-way spirit level on the front left-hand corner.

But here were officers, doctors, an ambulance, all ordered in advance by two-way airplane radio.

It is a two-way process in which two or more people discuss meanings that concern them.

Such a transfer line is called a two-way line or a single-track line, because traffic over it may be in either direction.

The first and simplest of these methods is to employ so-called two-way trunks.

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