one-way journey

collocation in English

meaningsofone-wayandjourney

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one-way
adjective
uk
/ˌwʌnˈweɪ/us
/ˌwʌnˈweɪ/
travelling or allowing travel in only ...
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journey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒɜː.ni/us
/ˈdʒɝː.ni/
the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in ...
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(Definition ofone-wayandjourneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofone-way journey

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A mixed train initially plied the route three times a week taking some 2 hours to complete theone-wayjourney.
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Transfers may be used up to 3 times to complete aone-wayjourney.
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The cable car travels at a speed of 37km mi kilometers per hour and aone-wayjourneytakes 10 minutes.
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The completeone-wayjourneytime will take approximately 8 minutes.
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Theone-wayjourneytime will be 23 minutes with 12 minutes between trams.
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For many workers, it was aone-wayjourney.
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Theone-wayjourneytakes a little over seven hours.
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Theone-wayjourneylasts approximately 16 hours.
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However, none of these areas reached the level of 10% of the total number of one-way journeys.
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They had aone-wayjourney.
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The number of lorries and vans travelling empty on what appear to be one-way journeys is too considerable to be explained.
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I think that anyone who goes about our roads now must be struck by the very considerable increase in these lorries, many of them returning apparently from one-way journeys.
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