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street
(strēt)n.
1.
a. Abbr. St. A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with a sidewalk or sidewalks.
b. Such a public way considered apart from the sidewalks: Don't play in the street.
c. A public way or road along with the houses or buildings abutting it: lives on a quiet street.
2. The people living, working, or habitually gathering in or along a street: The whole street protested the new parking regulations.
3. Street A district, such as Wall Street in New York City, that is identified with a specific profession. Often used with the.
4. The streets of a city viewed as the scene of crime, poverty, or dereliction.
5. The common public viewed as a repository of public attitudes and understanding.
adj.
Idiom: 1. Near or giving passage to a street: a street door.
2.
a. Taking place in the street: a street brawl; street crime.
b. Living or making a living on the streets: street people; a street vendor.
c. Performing on the street: street musicians; a street juggler.
d. Crude; vulgar: street language; street humor.
3. Appropriate for wear or use in public: street clothes.
on/in the street
1. Without a job; idle.
2. Without a home; homeless.
3. Out of prison; at liberty.
[Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt, strēt, from Late Latin strāta, paved road, from Latin, feminine past participle of sternere, to stretch, extend, pave; see ster- in Indo-European roots.]
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street
(striːt)n
1. (Automotive Engineering)
a. (capital when part of a name) a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a town: Oxford Street.
b. (as modifier): a street directory.
2. (Human Geography) the buildings lining a street
3. (Automotive Engineering) the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles
4. (Sociology) the people living, working, etc, in a particular street
5. (Sociology) (modifier) of or relating to urban counterculture: street style; street drug.
6. man in the street an ordinary or average citizen
7. on the streets
a. earning a living as a prostitute
b. homeless
8. streets ahead of informal superior to, more advanced than, etc
9. streets apart informal markedly different
10. up one's street right up one's street informal (just) what one knows or likes best
vb (tr)
Austral to outdistance
[Old English strǣt, from Latin via strāta paved way (strāta, from strātus, past participle of sternere to stretch out); compare Old Frisian strēte, Old High German strāza; see stratus]
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street
(strit)n.
1. a usu. paved public thoroughfare, as in a town or city, including sidewalks.
2. such a thoroughfare together with adjacent property.
3. the roadway of such a thoroughfare distinguished from the sidewalk.
4. the inhabitants or frequenters of a street: The whole street is talking.
5. the Street, the section of a city associated with a given profession or trade, as Wall Street.
adj. 6. of or adjoining a street: a street door.
7. taking place or appearing on the street: street fight; street musicians.
8. coarse; vulgar: street language.
9. suitable for everyday wear in public: street clothes.
10. retail: the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug.
Idioms: on or in the street,
a. without a home.
b. without a job or occupation; idle.
c. out of prison or police custody; at liberty.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English strēt, strǣt, c. Old Frisian strēte, Old Saxon strāta, Old High German strāz(z)a, all « Late Latin (via) strāta paved (road); see stratum]
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street
– road – lane1. 'street'
A street is a road in a town or large village, usually with houses or other buildings built alongside it.
The two men walked slowly down the street.
They went into the café across the street.
2. 'road'
Road is a very general word for a paved way in a town or between towns. You can use road in almost any context where street is used. For example, you can say 'They walked down the street' or 'They walked down the road'. You can also use road for paved ways in the countryside.
The road to the airport was blocked.
They drove up a steep, twisting mountain road.
3. 'lane'
A lane is a narrow road, usually in the countryside.
There's a cottage at the end of the lane.
He rode his horse down a muddy lane.
A lane is also one of the parts of a large road such as a motorway, which has more than one line of traffic going in each direction.
She accelerated into the fast lane.
Are taxis allowed to use the bus lane?
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street
Past participle: streeted
Gerund: streeting
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| Noun | 1. |  street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"cross street - a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it local road, local street - a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it high street, main street - street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town mews - street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives in a Chelsea mews" rue - (French) a street or road in France side street - a street intersecting a main street and terminating there thoroughfare - a public road from one place to another |
| 2. | street - the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street" one-way street - a street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction thoroughfare - a public road from one place to another two-way street - a street on which vehicular traffic can move in either of two directions; "you have to look both ways crossing a two-way street" | |
| 3. | street - the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street" concrete jungle - an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant environment - the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" | |
| 4. | street - a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech chance, opportunity - a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" | |
| 5. | street - people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights" neighborhood, neighbourhood - people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" |
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street
noun road, lane, avenue, terrace, row, boulevard, roadway, thoroughfare a small, quaint town with narrow streets
on the streets homeless, down and out, sleeping rough, living rough, of no fixed abode youngsters who are on the streets
streets ahead of something or someone much better than, a cut above, head and shoulders above, more than a match for, in a different class from He was streets ahead of the other contestants.
the man or woman in the street Joe Public, John Doe (U.S. informal), Joe Bloggs (Brit. informal), the man on the Clapham omnibus (Brit. informal), Mr or Mrs Average the average man or woman in the street
up your street (Informal) to your liking, to your taste, your cup of tea (informal), pleasing, familiar, suitable, acceptable, compatible, congenial She loved it, this was right up her street.
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street
nounA course affording passage from one place to another:
avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, route, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way.
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Translations
شارِعإحْتِصار لِكَلْمَة: شارِع
ulice
gadevej
strato
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خیابان
katu
ulica
utca
gata, stræti
通り
거리
būti visa galva aukščiau užgatvėmiesto planasnepalyginamai blogesnis užtramvajus
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stradă
ulica
gata
ถนน
phố
street
[striːt]A. N → calle f, jirón m (Peru)
he lives in or on the High Street → vive en la Calle Mayor
to be on the streets (= homeless) → estar sin vivienda (euph) (as prostitute) → hacer la calle
to be streets ahead of sb (Brit) → adelantarle por mucho a algn
we are streets ahead of them in design → les damos ciento y raya en el diseño
they're streets apart (Brit) → los separa un abismo
they're not in the same street as us (Brit) → no están a nuestra altura, no admiten comparación con nosotros
it's right up my street (Brit) → esto es lo que me va, esto es lo mío
he lives in or on the High Street → vive en la Calle Mayor
to be on the streets (= homeless) → estar sin vivienda (euph) (as prostitute) → hacer la calle
to be streets ahead of sb (Brit) → adelantarle por mucho a algn
we are streets ahead of them in design → les damos ciento y raya en el diseño
they're streets apart (Brit) → los separa un abismo
they're not in the same street as us (Brit) → no están a nuestra altura, no admiten comparación con nosotros
it's right up my street (Brit) → esto es lo que me va, esto es lo mío
B. CPD street arab (o.f.) N → golfo m, chicuelo m de la calle
street cleaner N → barrendero/a m/f
street corner N → esquina f (de la calle)
street cred street credibility N → dominio m de la contracultura urbana
street door N → puerta f principal, puerta f de la calle
street fight N → pelea f callejera
street fighting N → peleas fpl callejeras
street lamp N → farola f, faro m (LAm)
street level N at street level → en el nivel de la calle
street light N = street lamp street lighting N → alumbrado m público
street map N → plano m (de la ciudad)
street market N → mercado m callejero, tianguis m (Mex), feria f (LAm)
street musician N → músico m ambulante
street photographer N → fotógrafo m callejero
street plan N → plano m, callejero m
street sweeper N → barrendero/a m/f
street theatre N → teatro m en la calle, teatro m de calle
street urchin N → golfo m, chicuelo m de la calle
street value N → valor m en la calle
street vendor N (US) → vendedor/a mf callejero/a
street cleaner N → barrendero/a m/f
street corner N → esquina f (de la calle)
street cred street credibility N → dominio m de la contracultura urbana
street door N → puerta f principal, puerta f de la calle
street fight N → pelea f callejera
street fighting N → peleas fpl callejeras
street lamp N → farola f, faro m (LAm)
street level N at street level → en el nivel de la calle
street light N = street lamp street lighting N → alumbrado m público
street map N → plano m (de la ciudad)
street market N → mercado m callejero, tianguis m (Mex), feria f (LAm)
street musician N → músico m ambulante
street photographer N → fotógrafo m callejero
street plan N → plano m, callejero m
street sweeper N → barrendero/a m/f
street theatre N → teatro m en la calle, teatro m de calle
street urchin N → golfo m, chicuelo m de la calle
street value N → valor m en la calle
street vendor N (US) → vendedor/a mf callejero/a
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
street
[ˈstriːt] n → rue f
The two men walked slowly down the street → Les deux hommes descendaient la rue lentement.
in the street → dans la rue
on the street → dans la rue
to be on the streets (= homeless) → être à la rue
the man in the street → l'homme de la rue
to be up sb's street (British) [job, activity] → être le rayon de qn
It's up my street → C'est mon rayon.
to be streets ahead of sb → être infiniment supérieur(e) à qn
The two men walked slowly down the street → Les deux hommes descendaient la rue lentement.
in the street → dans la rue
on the street → dans la rue
to be on the streets (= homeless) → être à la rue
the man in the street → l'homme de la rue
to be up sb's street (British) [job, activity] → être le rayon de qn
It's up my street → C'est mon rayon.
to be streets ahead of sb → être infiniment supérieur(e) à qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
street
n
→ Straße f; in or on the street → auf der Straße; to live in or on a street → in einer Straße wohnen; the man/woman in the street (fig) → der Mann/die Frau auf der Straße; it’s right up my street (Brit fig inf) → das ist genau mein Fall (inf); to be streets ahead of somebody (fig inf) → jdm haushoch überlegen sein (inf); streets apart (fig) → grundverschieden; he’s not in the same street as her (fig inf) → zwischen ihm und ihr ist ein himmelweiter Unterschied (inf); to take to the streets (demonstrators) → auf die Straße gehen; to go on the streets (inf) → auf den Strich gehen (inf); a woman of the streets → ein Mädchen nt → von der Straße, ein Straßenmädchen nt ? man
(inf: = residents) → Straße f
street
in cpds → Straßen-;street Arab
n (Brit dated liter) → Gassenkind nt
streetball
n → Streetball nt
street battle
n → Straßenschlacht f
streetcar
n (US) → Straßenbahn f
street circuit
n (Sport, for race) → Straßenkurs m, → Stadtkurs m
street cleaner
n (esp US) → Straßenkehrer(in) m(f), → Straßenfeger(in) m(f)
street collection
n → Straßensammlung f
street cred (Brit inf), street credibility
n → Glaubwürdigkeit f; as an undercover agent in the Bronx you need street → als Geheimagent in der Bronx muss man sich dem Milieu anpassen können; this jacket does nothing for my street → dieses Jackett versaut mein ganzes Image (inf)
street crime
n → Straßenkriminalität f
street fighter
n → Straßenkämpfer(in) m(f)
street fighting
n → Straßenkämpfe pl
street lamp
n → Straßenlaterne f
street level
n at street → zu ebener Erde
street light
n → Straßenlaterne f
street lighting
n → Straßenbeleuchtung f
street map
n → Stadtplan m, → Straßenplan m
street market
n → Straßenmarkt m
street musician
n → Straßenmusikant(in) m(f)
street party
n → Straßenfest nt
street people
pl → Obdachlose pl
street sweeper
street theatre, (US) street theater
n → Straßentheater nt
street urchin
n → Straßen- or Gassenjunge m
street vendor
n → Straßenverkäufer(in) m(f)
streetwalker
n → Prostituierte f, → Straßenmädchen nt
streetworker
n → Streetworker(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
street
[striːt] n → strada, viathe back streets → le strade secondarie
to be on the streets (homeless) → essere senza tetto (as prostitute) → battere il marciapiede
it's right up my street (fig) (job) → è proprio quello che fa per me, è il mio forte
to be streets ahead of sb (fam) → essere di gran lunga superiore a qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
street
(striːt) noun1. a road with houses, shops etc on one or both sides, in a town or village. the main shopping street; I met her in the street.
2. (abbreviated to St when written) used in the names of certain roads. Her address is 4 Shakespeare St.
ˈstreetcar noun (especially American) a tramcar.
street directory a booklet giving an index and plans of a city's streets.
be streets ahead of / better than to be much better than.
be up someone's street to be exactly suitable for someone. That job is just up your street.
not to be in the same street as to be completely different, usually worse, in quality than.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
street
→ شارِع ulice gade Straße οδός calle katu rue ulica via 通り 거리 straat gate ulica rua улица gata ถนน cadde phố 街Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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