one-way

[ wuhn-wey ]
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adjective
  1. moving, or allowing movement in one direction only: a one-way street.

  2. valid for travel in one direction only: a one-way ticket.: Compare round trip.

  1. without a reciprocal feeling, responsibility, relationship, etc.: It's a one-way friendship.

  2. not intended for return to a seller, dealer, etc., for reuse; disposable: one-way bottles.

Origin of one-way

1
First recorded in 1815–25

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How to use one-way in a sentence

  • The alien suddenly turned, though Duke could now see that they were in a section behind one-way glass.

    Victory | Lester del Rey
  • Most of us are sure of a free one-way pass to that port some time or other, 'cording to the parson's tell.

    Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In the eye-level center of each door was a bull's eye that looked like one-way glass and undoubtedly was.

    Highways in Hiding | George Oliver Smith
  • It would be obviously unjust to compare a one-way fare with either excursion or commutation rates.

  • This concept produces a one-way verbal flow for which the term “monologue” is descriptive.

    Herein is Love | Reuel L. Howe

British Dictionary definitions for one-way

one-way

adjective
  1. moving or allowing travel in one direction only: one-way traffic

  2. entailing no reciprocal obligation, action, etc: a one-way agreement

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