Street - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |striːt|  American pronunciation of the word street
Brit.  |striːt|  British pronunciation of the word street

noun

- a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
they walked the streets of the small town
- the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
be careful crossing the street
- 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
- a situation offering opportunities
he worked both sides of the street
cooperation is a two-way street
- people living or working on the same street
the whole street protested the absence of street lights

Extra examples

They live on a busy street.

You should look both ways before crossing the street.

The police car cruised up the street.

Many of our customers walk in off the street without having heard of us before.

We moved to Center Street when I was young.

I walked on further down the street.

Someone just moved in across the street.

Look both ways before you cross the street.

There were soldiers marching down the main street.

There's a branch of the store in almost every high street in Britain.

We found a quiet bar in one of the side streets.

He was fined for driving the wrong way down a one-way street.

Two people were chatting on a street corner.

What street does Ann live?

Go up the street and turn left.

Word forms

noun
singular: street
plural: streets
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