A street is a road in a city, town, or village, usually with houses along it.
He lived at 66 Bingfield Street.
Boppard is a small, quaint town with narrow streets.
Synonyms: road, lane, avenue, terrace More Synonyms of street
2. countable noun [usu on/offN]
You can use street or streets when talking about activities that happen out of doors in a town rather than inside a building.
Changing money on the street is illegal-always use a bank.
Their aim is to raise a million pounds to get the homeless off the streets.
...a New York street gang.
3. See also back street, civvy street, Downing Street, Fleet Street, high street, Wall Street
4.
See be streets ahead of sb
5.
See the man in the street
6.
See up sb's street
street in British English
(striːt)
noun
1.
a. (capital when part of a name)
a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a town
Oxford Street
b.
(as modifier)
a street directory
2.
the buildings lining a street
3.
the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles
4.
the people living, working, etc, in a particular street
5. (modifier)
of or relating to urban counterculture
street style
street drug
6. man in the street
7. on the streets
8. streets ahead of
9. streets apart
10. up one's street
verb(transitive)
11. Australian
to outdistance
Word origin
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
street in American English
(strit)
noun
1.
a public road in a town or city; esp. a paved thoroughfare with sidewalks and buildings along one or both sides
2.
such a road apart from its sidewalks
children playing in the street
3.
the people living, working, etc. in the buildings along a given street
4. [often pl.]
figuratively, the general public, common people, etc.
taking the issue to the street
5. [usually pl.]
figuratively, an urban environment characterized by poverty, crime, etc.
adjective
6.
of, in, on, or near the street
7.
suitable for everyday wear in public
street clothes
8.
of, relating to, or characterized by urban culture, life on city streets, homelessness, etc.
street artist, street person
Idioms:
the Street
Word origin
ME < OE stræt, akin to Ger strasse < early WGmc loanword < LL strata < L strata (via), paved (road), fem. of stratus: see stratum
More idioms containing
street
the man in the street
something is right up your street
COBUILD Collocations
street
empty street
leafy street
Examples of 'street' in a sentence
street
The streets and buildings display barely no signage.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There are six major streets to the city.
Christianity Today (2000)
Yet knife and gun crime is rising and people walk the streets in fear at night.
The Sun (2007)
The guy in the street asking for money is dancing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We soon get lost in the medieval cobbled streets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Green does not own factories which manufacture clothes for his high street stores.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There we found town after town of empty streets.
The Sun (2012)
The hum of their talk could be heard in the street outside.
Hibbert, Christopher Red Coats and Rebels - the war for America 1770-1781 (1990)
This talk of street gangs was new.
James Fergusson KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004)
The street party kicked off four days of festivities.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
People line the streets and the bikers want to recognise that.
The Sun (2011)
How to tackle the dwindling popularity of malls and main street?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Its working capital comes from a consortium of six high street lending banks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Something more accessible and conservative that the man on the street can wear.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Another witness said people dashed on to the streets as buildings collapsed.
The Sun (2009)
Whether is it the paparazzi out in the street or people in a restaurant.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is like finding money in the street.
The Sun (2006)
The southeast has an abundance of historic towns with characterful high streets.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The diva has put off moving into her seaside gaff because homes on her street are having huge renovations.
The Sun (2012)
The company is seeking either to cut down on high street duplication or to move outlets to larger premises.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
People have been predicting the demise of these often unnecessarily large and cumbersome machines since their first appearance on city streets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
street
British English: street /striːt/ NOUN
A street is a road in a town or village, usually with houses along it.
He walked quickly down the street.
American English: street
Arabic: شارِع
Brazilian Portuguese: rua
Chinese: 街
Croatian: ulica
Czech: ulice
Danish: gade
Dutch: straat
European Spanish: calle
Finnish: katu
French: rue
German: Straße
Greek: οδός
Italian: via
Japanese: 通り
Korean: 거리
Norwegian: gate
Polish: ulica
European Portuguese: rua
Romanian: stradă
Russian: улица
Latin American Spanish: calle
Swedish: gata
Thai: ถนน
Turkish: cadde
Ukrainian: вулиця
Vietnamese: phố
All related terms of 'street'
Arab street
public opinion in Arab nations
back street
A back street in a town or city is a small, narrow street with very little traffic .
Bay Street
the financial centre of Toronto , in which Canada's largest stock exchange is situated
Easy Street
a state of financial security
Grub Street
a former street in London frequented by literary hacks and needy authors
High Street
The high street of a town is the main street where most of the shops and banks are.
Main Street
In small towns in the United States , the street where most of the shops are is often called Main Street .
off-street
located away from a street
side street
A side street is a quiet , often narrow street which leads off a busier street.
stop street
a street on which all vehicles must come to a complete stop at a given intersection
street Arab
a homeless child , esp one who survives by begging and stealing ; urchin
street cred
If someone says that you have street cred , they mean that ordinary young people would approve of you and consider you to be part of their culture , usually because you share their sense of fashion or their views .
street cry
the cry of a street hawker
street door
the door of a house that opens onto the street
street kid
You can refer to a child as a kid .
street luge
the sport of descending a steep road or track on a large type of skateboard on which riders lie on their backs, descending feet first
street map
A street map is a map of a town or city , showing the positions and names of all the streets.
street name
a broker who holds securities registered in his or her name instead of in the name of the customer, esp. for convenience in executing transfers and in pledging for borrowing in margin accounts
street plan
a plan of the streets in a given area or town
the Street
→ Wall Street
Wall Street
Wall Street is a street in New York where the Stock Exchange and important banks are. Wall Street is often used to refer to the financial business carried out there and to the people who work there.
Carey Street
(formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated
civvy street
People in the armed forces use civvy street to refer to life and work which is not connected with the armed forces.
cross street
a street running at right angles to a major thoroughfare
empty street
A street is a road in a city, town, or village , usually with houses along it.
Fleet Street
Fleet Street is used to refer to British national newspapers and to the journalists who work for them.
Harley Street
a street in central London famous for its large number of medical specialists ' consulting rooms
leafy street
A street is a road in a city, town, or village , usually with houses along it.
naked street
a traffic-management strategy pioneered in the Netherlands in which all distinctions between pavements and roads are removed. Each road user is given equal priority , thereby ensuring that motorists have to slow down and drive more carefully
queer street
a difficult situation, such as debt or bankruptcy (in the phrase in queer street )
street battle
A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
street child
Street children are homeless children who live outdoors in a city and live by begging or stealing .
street crime
Street crime refers to crime such as vandalism , car theft and mugging that are usually committed outdoors .
street guide
a plan of the streets in a given area or town
street level
ground level
street market
an open-air market often held only on a particular day of the week in a designated area
street number
the number on a street of a particular building or address
street party
an outside party organized , funded by and open to the residents of the street or local area in which it is held
street people
Street people are homeless people who live outdoors in a town or city.
street person
a homeless person
street piano
an instrument consisting of a cylinder turned by a handle and having pins on it that interrupt the air flow to certain pipes , thereby playing any of a number of tunes
street price
the actual retail price (of something)
street-smart
Someone who is street smart knows how to deal with difficult or dangerous situations, especially in big cities.
street smarts
You can use street smarts to refer to the skills and intelligence people need to be successful in difficult situations , especially in a city.
street urchin
a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
street value
The street value of a drug is the price that is paid for it when it is sold illegally to drug users.
vortex street
a regular stream of vortices or parallel streams of vortices carried downstream by the flow of a fluid over a body. These are sometimes made visible by vapour condensation as in the vortex trails from the wing tips of an aeroplane
Downing Street
Downing Street is the street in London in which the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer live . You can also use Downing Street to refer to the Prime Minister and his or her officials.
Lombard Street
the British financial and banking world
street accident
a traffic accident
Chinese translation of 'street'
street
(striːt)
n(c)
街道 (jiēdào) (条(條), tiáo)
on the street(s) (= homeless) 无(無)家可归(歸)的 (wú jiā kě guī de) (= outdoors) 户(戶)外 (hùwài)
the man in the street普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
Seesaint
All related terms of 'street'
St
street 街 jiē
high street
大街 dàjiē [ 条(條) tiáo ] [ 美 = main street ]
main street
大街 dàjiē [ 条(條) tiáo ] [ 英 = high street ]
side street
小街 xiǎojiē [ 条(條) tiáo ]
street plan
街道计(計)划(劃) jiēdào jìhuà [ 个(個) gè ]
Wall Street
华(華)尔(爾)街 Huá'ěr Jiē
Downing Street
▶ 10 Downing Street 唐宁(寧)街10号(號) Tángníng jiē shí hào