English Explanatory Dictionary

one-way

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Allowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional.
  2. Allowing travel in only one direction.
  3. Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input.
verb
  1. To use a disc harrow to turn the soil and kill weeds, in preparation for planting seeds.

Pronunciation

/wʌn.weɪ/ wŭnʹwāʹ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-one-way.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-one-way2.wav

Word forms

one-way one-ways one-waying one-wayed

Etymology

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.

Antonyms

two-way bidirectional round-trip return

Derived words

one-way mirror one-way street one-way ticket

Translations

Albanian: njëdrejtimësh Bulgarian: еднопосочен Chinese Mandarin: 單向 /单向 Czech: jednosměrný Finnish: yksisuuntainen French: à sens unique German: Einweg- German: Einbahn- Greek: μονόδρομος Hungarian: egyirányú Irish: aontreo Italian: senso unico Japanese: 一方通行 Korean: 일방통행 Latin: irredux Macedonian: еднонасочен Māori: ahutahi Polish: jednokierunkowy Polish: jednostronny Portuguese: de mão única Russian: односторо́нний Swedish: enkelriktad
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