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street > 5 senses
NOUN1streetA thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
2streetThe part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks
3streetThe streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
4streetA situation offering opportunities
5streetPeople living or working on the same street
street > pronunciation
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street > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings.
Examples"they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
Narroweralley, alleyway, back street; avenue, boulevard; cross street; local road, local street; main street, high street; mews; rue; side street; Fleet Street; Harley Street; Lombard Street; Whitehall; Strand; Downing Street; Pall Mall; Quai d'Orsay; Champs Elysees; Bowery; Broadway, Great White Way; Park Avenue, Park Ave.; Wall Street, Wall St.
Broaderthoroughfare
Substancespavement, paving
street > noun 2, artifact
MeaningThe part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks. The part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel.
Examples"be careful crossing the street"
Narrowerone-way street; two-way street
Broaderthoroughfare
street > noun 3, state
MeaningThe streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction.
Examples"she tried to keep her children off the street"
Part ofconcrete jungle
Broaderenvironment
street > noun 4, state
MeaningA situation offering opportunities.
Examples"he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
Broaderopportunity, chance
Usagecolloquialism
street > noun 5, group
MeaningPeople living or working on the same street.
Examples"the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
Broaderneighborhood, neighbourhood

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