one-way road

collocation in English

meaningsofone-wayandroad

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one-way
adjective
uk
/ˌwʌnˈweɪ/us
/ˌwʌnˈweɪ/
travelling or allowing travel in only ...
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road
noun[C or U]
uk
/rəʊd/us
/roʊd/
a long, hard surface built for vehicles to ...
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(Definition ofone-wayandroadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofone-way road

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However, this is aone-wayroad, since the converse is not true.
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The concept of an ally must not be aone-wayroad.
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There was only one way in, and we know what happens when aone-wayroadis closed.
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In that way, a two-way road is converted into aone-wayroad.
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For example, if it is a town map, a road may have become aone-wayroadin the other direction or a new housing estate may have been built.
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Itsone-wayroadsystem also forms part of a favoured route for walkers and joggers.
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From there an additionalone-wayroadbegins with parallel parking on both sides.
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Strong orientations have been applied to the design ofone-wayroadnetworks.
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Aone-wayroadprovides access to the north side of the cascades.
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There was only aone-wayroadin each direction on the bridge.
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From there, the drive continues as a two-way road to the entrance gate before turning northward as aone-wayroad.
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A 2-way loop of human traffic (provided by professional stunt drivers) surrounded aone-wayroadrunning from one side of the loop to the other.
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Robots had to go from theone-wayroad, make a left turn into traffic, follow the loop 180 degrees, and make another left turn onto theone-wayroadagain.
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Other fields become car parks, and a complex policing and marshalling system is put in place, with the narrow lanes transformed into aone-wayroadsystem.
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At construction this was a combination bidirectional rail and truck pathway on the lower deck with automobiles above, now converted toone-wayroadvehicle traffic on each deck.
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If, in addition, we could make those roads one-way roads just for those critical hours, so much the better.
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I am thinking of then-use as one-way roads, for instance.
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Year after year that borough refused to make those roads one-way roads.
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