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One Way ˌwʌn ˈweɪ Trip Adjective Traffic Street Valve

Word3 one-way
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /ˌwʌn ˈweɪ/ /ˌwʌn ˈweɪ/
Example
  • one-way traffic
  • a one-way street
  • a one-way valve
  • a one-way trip
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one-way

(adjective)/ˌwʌn ˈweɪ/ /ˌwʌn ˈweɪ/
  1. moving or allowing movement in only one direction
    • one-way traffic
    • a one-way street
    • a one-way valve
  2. a one-way ticket, etc. can be used for travelling to a place but not back again
    • COMPARE return (7)
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/return_2#return_sng_17
    • a one-way trip
    • I took the car on a one-way trip to the wrecker's yard (= it did not come back because it was not worth fixing).
  3. operating in only one direction
    • Theirs was a one-way relationship (= one person made all the effort).
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