One-way

//wʌn.weɪ//

Synonyms for "one-way" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

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Related words (5)

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Translations

40 translations across 20 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • njëdrejtimësh adj (allowing movement in only one direction)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • еднопосочен adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • еднопосочен adj (allowing travel in only one direction)
  • еднопосочен adj (computer science: easy to compute, hard to invert)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 單向 /单向 adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • 單程 /单程 adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Czech

1 entries
  • jednosměrný adj (allowing movement in only one direction)

Finnish

2 entries
  • yksisuuntainen adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • yksisuuntainen adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

French

2 entries
  • aller simple adj (allowing travel in only one direction)
  • à sens unique adj (allowing movement in only one direction)

German

3 entries
  • Einbahn adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • Einweg adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • einfach adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Greek

2 entries
  • μονόδρομος adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • χωρίς επιστροφή adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • egyirányú adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • egyirányú adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Irish

1 entries
  • aontreo adj (allowing movement in only one direction)

Italian

1 entries
  • senso unico adj (allowing movement in only one direction)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 一方通行 adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • 片道 adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Korean

2 entries
  • 일방통행 adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • 편도 adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Latin

1 entries
  • irredux adj (allowing movement in only one direction)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • еднонасочен adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • еднонасочен adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Māori

2 entries
  • ahutahi adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • ahutahi adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Polish

3 entries
  • jednokierunkowy adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • jednostronny adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • jednostronny adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • de mão única adj (allowing movement in only one direction)
  • sem retorno adj (allowing travel in only one direction)

Russian

3 entries
  • в оди́н коне́ц adj (allowing travel in only one direction)
  • в одну́ сто́рону adj (allowing travel in only one direction)
  • односторо́нний adj (allowing movement in only one direction)

Swedish

3 entries
  • enkel adj (allowing travel in only one direction)
  • enkel adj (allowing travel in only one direction)
  • enkelriktad adj (allowing movement in only one direction)

Sample sentences

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Round trip? Only one-way.

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Round trip or one-way?

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I'd like two one-way tickets from A to B.

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Be careful not to drive the wrong way on a one-way street.

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