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[ wuhn-wey ] / ˈwʌnˈweɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR one-way ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemoving, or allowing movement in one direction only: a one-way street. valid for travel in one direction only: a one-way ticket.Compare round trip. without a reciprocal feeling, responsibility, relationship, etc.: It's a one-way friendship. not intended for return to a seller, dealer, etc., for reuse; disposable: one-way bottles. Origin of one-wayFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby one-wayone-trick pony, Onetti, one-two, one up, one-upmanship, one-way, one-way mirror, one way or another, one-way ticket, one-woman, one-worlder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for one-wayLawmaking by legislatures is also a one-way ratchet—Legislators get credit for passing laws, not pruning them. Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST So I went straight to the airport, bought a one-way ticket, and flew out. Laura Poitras on Snowden's Unrevealed Secrets|Marlow Stern|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST And yet he is too smart to despair that this is a one-way street. Rackstraw Downes’s Art and Essays Are Two Sides of the Same Genius|Bill Morris|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST When he went to my dad with the news, the joy was a one-way street. Binge Watching is Lame and Lonely|Roland S. Martin|February 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just give patients a sack lunch and a one-way bus ticket out of town. Nevada Sued for ‘Greyhound Therapy’ for Mentally Ill Patients|John L. Smith|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST There wasn't anything complicated there, you could read "One-way ticket," couldn't you? Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy This concept produces a one-way verbal flow for which the term “monologue” is descriptive. Herein is Love|Reuel L. Howe Into a one-way skyway he rocketed, along it over the suburbs and into the transcontinental super-highway. The Vortex Blaster|Edward Elmer Smith The love of a pure, good woman and the one-way pocket—that's what makes the millionaires. Young People's Pride|Stephen Vincent Benet Yes, he told me that a round-trip ticket was cheaper than two one-way tickets. Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for one-way
adjectivemoving or allowing travel in one direction onlyone-way traffic entailing no reciprocal obligation, action, etca one-way agreement Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to one-waystraight, perk, money, fee, gift, reward, lagniappe, compensation, handout, cue, perquisite, pourboire, sweetener, constant, free, nonstop, opened, rapid, regular, straightforward |