street Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
- they walked the streets of the small town
- he lives on Nassau Street
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noun the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
- be careful crossing the street
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noun the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
- she tried to keep her children off the street
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noun a situation offering opportunities
- he worked both sides of the street
- cooperation is a two-way street
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noun people living or working on the same street
- the whole street protested the absence of street lights
WordNet
Street noun
Etymology
OE.Definitions
Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. Coverdale.
At home or through the high street passing. Milton.
✍ In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. His deserted mansion in Duke Street. Macaulay.
Syn. -- See Way .