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street

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noun

a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
Synonyms: concourse, roadway
such a thoroughfare together with adjacent buildings, lots, etc.:
Houses, lawns, and trees composed a very pleasant street.
the roadway of such a thoroughfare, as distinguished from the sidewalk:
to cross a street.
a main way or thoroughfare, as distinguished from a lane, alley, or the like.
the inhabitants or frequenters of a street:
The whole street gossiped about the new neighbors.
the Street, Informal.
1. the section of a city associated with a given profession or trade, especially when concerned with business or finance, as Wall Street.
2. the principal theater and entertainment district of any of a number of U.S. cities.

adjective

of, on, or adjoining a street:
a street door just off the sidewalk.
taking place or appearing on the street:
street fight; street musicians.
coarse; crude; vulgar:
street language.
suitable for everyday wear:
street clothes; street dress.
retail:
the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug.

street

/ striːt /

noun

1. capital when part of a name a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a town
  Oxford Street
2. ( as modifier )
  a street directory
the buildings lining a street
the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles
the people living, working, etc, in a particular street
modifier of or relating to the urban counterculture
street drug
street style
man in the street
man in the street an ordinary or average citizen
on the streets
on the streets
1. earning a living as a prostitute
2. homeless
streets ahead of informal.
streets ahead of superior to, more advanced than, etc
streets apart informal.
streets apart markedly different
up one's street informal.
up one's streetright up one's street (just) what one knows or likes best

verb

to outdistance

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Other Words From

streetless adjective
streetlike adjective
inter·street adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of street¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English strēt, strǣt; cognate with Dutch straat, German Strasse; all ultimately from Latin (via) strāta “paved (road)”; stratum

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Word History and Origins

Origin of street¹

Old English strǣt, from Latin via strāta paved way ( strāta, from strātus, past participle of sternere to stretch out); compare Old Frisian strēte, Old High German strāza; see stratus

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

on / in the street,
1. without a home:
  You'll be out on the street if the rent isn't paid.
2. without a job or occupation; idle.
3. out of prison or police custody; at liberty.
up one's street, British. alley ¹( def 7 ).

More idioms and phrases containing street

see back street ; easy street ; man in the street ; on the street ; side street ; work both sides of the street .

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Synonym Study

Street, alley, avenue, boulevard all refer to public ways or roads in municipal areas. A street is a road in a village, town, or city, especially a road lined with buildings. An alley is a narrow street or footway, especially at the rear of or between rows of buildings or lots. An avenue is properly a prominent street, often one bordered by fine residences and impressive buildings, or with a row of trees on each side. A boulevard is a beautiful, broad street, lined with rows of stately trees, especially used as a promenade. In some cities street and avenue are used interchangeably, the only difference being that those running one direction (say, north and south) are given one designation and those crossing them are given the other.

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Example Sentences

We will be reporting from the road and the streets in the leadup to and aftermath of Election Day.

From Ozy

In January, 1986, CW bet “you won’t have to wait a decade to see its like on the street.”

From Popular-Science

Open storefronts, and streets bustling with retail and sidewalk activity bring more “eyes,” and streets therefore feel safer for all.

From Voice of San Diego

So when I got back from Canada, I was quarantined for two weeks and that’s when everything started to really happen in terms of people actually getting in the streets or more getting in the streets.

From Ozy

When sheriff’s deputies arrested him, he was in the middle of a street in Jamul, trying to get hit by passing cars.

From Voice of San Diego

A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.

From The Daily Beast

When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.

From The Daily Beast

A Wall Street person should not be allowed to help oversee the Dodd-Frank reforms.

From The Daily Beast

The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.

From The Daily Beast

The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.

From The Daily Beast

Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.

From Project Gutenberg

"We will go to the Hotel de l'Europe, if you press it;" and away the cabriolet joggled over the roughly paved street.

From Project Gutenberg

While the door was open he caught a glimpse of the street outside—and of Glavis on the sidewalk below.

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Then the two bodies of the men were buried, carrying them together from the street to the grave.

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The height of the tower from the level of the street is 105 feet, the slated towers over the lateral pediments being smaller.

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