street

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noun

a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.

such a thoroughfare together with adjacent buildings, lots, etc.: Houses, lawns, and trees composed a very pleasant street.

the roadway of such a thoroughfare, as distinguished from the sidewalk: to cross a street.

a main way or thoroughfare, as distinguished from a lane, alley, or the like.

the inhabitants or frequenters of a street: The whole street gossiped about the new neighbors.

the Street, Informal.

the section of a city associated with a given profession or trade, especially when concerned with business or finance, as Wall Street.
the principal theater and entertainment district of any of a number of U.S. cities.

adjective

of, on, or adjoining a street: a street door just off the sidewalk.

taking place or appearing on the street: street fight; street musicians.

coarse; crude; vulgar: street language.

suitable for everyday wear: street clothes; street dress.

retail: the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug.

OTHER WORDS FOR street

1 roadway, concourse.

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Idioms about street

on / in the street,

without a home: You'll be out on the street if the rent isn't paid.
without a job or occupation; idle.
out of prison or police custody; at liberty.

up one's street, British. alley¹ (def. 7).

Origin of street

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English strēt, strǣt; cognate with Dutch straat,German Strasse; all ultimately from Latin (via) strāta “paved (road)”; see stratum

synonym study for street

1. Street, alley, avenue, boulevard all refer to public ways or roads in municipal areas. A street is a road in a village, town, or city, especially a road lined with buildings. An alley is a narrow street or footway, especially at the rear of or between rows of buildings or lots. An avenue is properly a prominent street, often one bordered by fine residences and impressive buildings, or with a row of trees on each side. A boulevard is a beautiful, broad street, lined with rows of stately trees, especially used as a promenade. In some cities street and avenue are used interchangeably, the only difference being that those running one direction (say, north and south) are given one designation and those crossing them are given the other.

OTHER WORDS FROM street

streetless, adjectivestreetlike, adjectivein·ter·street, adjective

Words nearby street

Streator, streek, streeking, streel, Streep, street, street address, street arab, streetcar, street certificate, street Christian

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How to use street in a sentence

We will be reporting from the road and the streets in the leadup to and aftermath of Election Day.
Sunday Magazine: The Deciders|Daniel Malloy|September 13, 2020|Ozy
In January, 1986, CW bet “you won’t have to wait a decade to see its like on the street.”
22 of the weirdest concept motorcycles ever made|By John Burns/Cycle World|September 10, 2020|Popular-Science
Open storefronts, and streets bustling with retail and sidewalk activity bring more “eyes,” and streets therefore feel safer for all.
Myths and Shame Shouldn’t Guide Cannabis Regulations|John Bertsch|September 8, 2020|Voice of San Diego
So when I got back from Canada, I was quarantined for two weeks and that’s when everything started to really happen in terms of people actually getting in the streets or more getting in the streets.
After Playing So Many Roles, Who Is the Real Tatiana Maslany?|Eromo Egbejule|September 4, 2020|Ozy

When sheriff’s deputies arrested him, he was in the middle of a street in Jamul, trying to get hit by passing cars.
Longtime Sheriff’s Employee Contradicts Official Account of Jail Death|Kelly Davis|September 3, 2020|Voice of San Diego
A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion|Nina Strochlic|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A Wall Street person should not be allowed to help oversee the Dodd-Frank reforms.
Antonio Weiss Is Not Part of the Problem|Steve Rattner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
"We will go to the Hotel de l'Europe, if you press it;" and away the cabriolet joggled over the roughly paved street.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
While the door was open he caught a glimpse of the street outside—and of Glavis on the sidewalk below.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Then the two bodies of the men were buried, carrying them together from the street to the grave.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
The height of the tower from the level of the street is 105 feet, the slated towers over the lateral pediments being smaller.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell

British Dictionary definitions for street

street

/ (striːt) /

noun

(capital when part of a name) a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a townOxford Street
(as modifier)a street directory

the buildings lining a street

the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles

the people living, working, etc, in a particular street

(modifier) of or relating to the urban counterculturestreet style; street drug

man in the street an ordinary or average citizen

on the streets

earning a living as a prostitute
homeless

streets ahead of informal superior to, more advanced than, etc

streets apart informal markedly different

up one's street or right up one's street informal (just) what one knows or likes best

verb (tr)

Australian to outdistance

Word Origin for street

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

see back street; easy street; man in the street; on the street; side street; work both sides of the street.

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