street

I UK [striːt] / US [strɪt] noun [countable]
Word forms "street":
singular street plural streets
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a road in a town or city with houses or other buildings along it

Walk along the high street and turn left.

down/along/across/into etc the street:

I just saw Bill walking down the street.

street of:

Thousands of tourists wander the streets of Paris.

a) Street used in the names of roads. The written abbreviation is St

She works on Oakwood Street.

b) outside in a city or town

on/in the streets:

Additional police officers are being deployed on the streets.

c) [only before noun] relating to streets, or taking place on the streets in a city or town

a street map/sign

street crime

a street vendor/musician

a street corner (= the place where two streets meet)

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the man/woman/personon/in the street — an average man/woman/person

The man in the street isn't very interested in ballet.

a one-way/two-way street — a street in which cars may travel in one direction/in both directions; an action, decision etc involving two people or groups that affects only one/both of them

Surveys of employers show that discrimination is a two-way street.

on/in the street — with no place to live

Funding to help families on the street is running out.

(right) up someone's street — British exactly the type of thing that someone is interested in or is good at doing

This sort of thing should be right up your street.

- streets ahead

See:

high street

II UK / US adjective [never before noun] informal

used to living in big cities and dealing with difficult situations that happen there

He's very street and rather loud, but he has a soft side.