one-way
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one-way
- /wʌn.weɪ/
Where it comes from
From one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors.
adjective
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Allowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional.
one-way mirror
Opposite: two-way, bidirectional
-
Allowing travel in only one direction.
I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds.
Opposite: round-trip, return
- Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input.
verb one-ways · one-waying · one-wayed
- To use a disc harrow to turn the soil and kill weeds, in preparation for planting seeds. Over a period of 10 years, the average yield under stubble-mulch tillage has been 10 percent greater than under one-waying with continuous wheat, and 14 percent greater than under one-waying with wheat on fallow.
noun one-ways
- A one-way trip or flight. I wanted to fly but they say a system's coming in Chances are high that this is a one way
Translations
Every language
adj allowing movement in only one direction
| 한국어 | 일방통행 ilbangtonghaeng |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 一方通行 ippō tsūkō |
| 中文 | 單向 /单向 dānxiàng |
| Português | de mão única |
| Français | à sens unique |
| Deutsch | unidirektional, Einweg-, Einbahn- |
| Italiano | senso unico |
| Ελληνικά | μονόδρομος monódromos |
| Русский | односторо́нний odnostorónnij |
adj allowing travel in only one direction
| 한국어 | 편도 pyeondo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 片道 katamichi |
| 中文 | 單程 /单程 dānchéng |
| Português | sem retorno |
| Français | aller simple |
| Deutsch | einfach |
| Ελληνικά | χωρίς επιστροφή chorís epistrofí |
| Русский | в оди́н коне́ц v odín konéc, в одну́ сто́рону v odnú stóronu |
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title = {one-way},
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year = {2026},
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