n[C][
Language: Old English;Origin: strAt]
a public road in a city or town that has houses, shops etc on one or both sides
We moved to Center Street when I was young. I walked on further down the street . Someone just moved in across the street . a car parked on the other side of the street Look both ways before you cross the street . There were soldiers marching down the main street . There's a branch of the store in almost every high street in Britain. We found a quiet bar in one of the side streets . a quiet residential street He was fined for driving the wrong way down a one-way street . a small historic town with narrow winding streets Two people were chatting on a street corner .the streets [plural]alsothe streetthe busy public parts of a city where there is a lot of activity, excitement, and crime, or where people without homes live
on the streets young people living on the streets She felt quite safe walking the streets after dark. street musicians (=ones who play on the street)the man/woman in the streetalsothe man/woman on the streetthe average person, who represents the general opinion about things
The man on the street assumes that all politicians are corrupt.(right) up your streetBrE exactly right for you
streets ahead (of sb/sth)BrE informal much better than someone or something else
James is streets ahead of the rest of the class at reading.→
backstreet→
be (living) on easy streetateasy1 (13)
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one-way streetatone-way→
high street→
two-way street→
walk the streetsatwalk1 (8)
COLLOCATES for sense 1along/up/down the streetacross the streeton the other/opposite side of the streetcross the streetmain streethigh streetBritish English (=the main street with shops in a village, town, or city)
shopping streetBritish English (=a street with a lot of shops)
side/back street (=a street that is smaller than a main street)
busy/quiet street (=a street with a lot of activity or little activity)
crowded/deserted/empty streetone-way street (=a street where you can only drive in one direction)
narrow streetwinding streets (=streets that turn in many directions)
street corner (=a place where streets meet)