one-way

one-way
1) ADJ: ADJ n In one-way streets or traffic systems, vehicles can only travel along in one direction.

...Gotham's maze of no-thoroughfares and one-way streets.

2) ADJ: usu ADJ n One-way describes journeys which go to just one place, rather than to that place and then back again.

The trailers will be rented for one-way trips...

3) ADJ: usu ADJ n A one-way ticket or fare is for a journey from one place to another, but not back again. [mainly AM]

...a one-way ticket from New York to Los Angeles.

Syn:
Ant:
round-trip, return
ADV: ADV after v
One-way is also an adverb.

Unrestricted fares will be increased as much as $80 one-way.

 (in BRIT, usually use single)
4) ADJ: ADJ n If you say that a course of action is a one-way ticket to a place or situation, or is a one-way journey there, you are sure that it will lead to the place or situation mentioned.

It seemed like a one-way ticket to riches, but then it all went wrong...

Smoking is a one-way ticket to doom and is probably the most important single preventable cause of heart disease.

5) ADJ: usu ADJ n One-way glass or a one-way mirror is a piece of glass which acts as a mirror when looked at from one side, but acts as a window when looked through from the other side. They are used for watching people without their knowledge.

From the observation booth, we watched Ted and his therapist through the one-way glass.


English dictionary. 2008.

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