street

street [ strit ] noun count ***

a road in a town or city with houses or other buildings along it:

State Street/Fourth Street

Mamaroneck Avenue is the town's main street.

down/along/across/into etc. the street: I just saw Bill walking down the street.

street of: Thousands of tourists wander the streets of Paris.

a. Street used in the names of roads. The written abbreviation is St.:

She works on Oakwood Street.

b. outside in a city or town:

on/in the streets: Additional police officers are being deployed on the streets.

c. only before noun relating to streets or taking place on the streets in a city or town:

a street map/sign

street crime

a street vendor/musician

a street corner (=the place where two streets meet)

the man/woman/person on/in the street

an average man/woman/person

on/in the street

with no place to live:

Funding to help families on the street is running out.

a one-way/two-way street

1. ) a street in which cars may travel in one direction/in both directions

2. ) an action, decision, etc. involving two people or groups that affects only one/both of them:

Surveys of employers show that discrimination is a two-way street.

(right) up someone's street BRITISH

exactly the type of thing that someone is interested in or is good at doing

streets ahead BRITISH INFORMAL

much better than other people or things

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