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Meaning of street | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A2 Common
stɹiːt

Definitions

  1. A surname.
    countable
  2. A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
  3. A place in England:
    countable, uncountable
  4. A hamlet in Orton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY6208).
    countable, uncountable
  5. lane (in a pool or racetrack, but not a highway)
  6. on or in the street, a. without a home.
  7. A road as above, but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
  8. A small village in Branscombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1888).
    countable, uncountable
  9. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  10. A course affording passage from one place to another:avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, route, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way.
  11. The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
    Canada, US, specifically
  12. A hamlet in Nether Wyresdale parish, Wyre district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5252).
    countable, uncountable
  13. third-person singular imperative
  14. (especially American) a tramcar. trembus مَرْكَبَة الترام трамвай bonde tramvaj der Straßenbahnwagen sporvogn τραμtranvía, tren tramm واگن برقي raitiovaunu tramwayחשמלית ट्राम गाड़ी tramvaj villamos(kocsi) trem sporvagn tram 市街電車 시가 전차 tramvajus tramvajs trem tramtrikk, sporvogntramwaj برقی واګون eléctrico tramvai трамвай električka tramvaj tramvaj spårvagn รถราง tramvay (市內)有軌電車 трамвай ٹرام کار xe điện 有轨电车
    especially American
  15. Metonymic senses:
  16. The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
  17. A hamlet in Glaisdale parish, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ7304).
    countable, uncountable
  18. a booklet giving an index and plans of a city's streets. padkaart دَليل الشَّوارِع карта на пътната мрежа guia turístico plánek města der Stadtplan bykort οδηγός πόλης guía tänavate kaart كتابچه نقشه خيابانهاي شهر kaupunkikartta répertoire/index des rues מַפָּת הַעִיר सड़कों की जानकारी वाली पुस्तिका plan ulica, plan grada utcanévjegyzék petunjuk jalan götukort og –skrá stradario 市街案内 거리 지도 책 miesto planas ielu plāns; ceļvedis pa pilsētu panduan jalan stratengids veiviserplan miasta د ښار د کو...
  19. The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
  20. A large village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST4836).
    countable, uncountable
  21. to be much better than. myle beter يتَفَوَّق ، يكونُ أفْضَل بِكَثير далеч по-добър ser muito superior a mnohem lepší meilenweit voraus sein langt foran; langt bedre υπερτερώ κατά πολύ, είμαι σκάλες ανώτερος από κπ. adelantarle por mucho a alguien tublisti ees / palju parem olema خيلي بهتر از olla paljon parempi kuin de loin/beaucoup יִתָרוֹן גָדוֹל עַל से बहुत अच्छा daleko ispred messze fölötte áll lebih baik skara fram úr (essere di gran lunga superiore a) はるかにまさる (~보다) 훨씬 낳다 būti visa galva...
  22. An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
  23. A hamlet in Holcombe parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6750).
    countable, uncountable
  24. to be exactly suitable for someone. That job is just up your street. perfek, geskik مُناسِب، مُلائِم по моята част estar muito bem para jako dělaný pro genau passen være noget for en; være lige (hende) είναι η ειδικότητά μου, ο τομέας μου venir perfecto (kellegi) eriala olema در دايره توانايي و علاقه خود sopia kuin nyrkki silmään dans les cordes de לְהַתאִים לוֹ בִּדיוּק अपनी रूचि के विषय में nečije područje, nečiji teren fekszik neki; (tagadóan:) nem az ő asztala cocok vera við hæfi (essere ...
  25. Ellipsis of Wall Street.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  26. A hamlet in Winsham parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3507).
    countable, uncountable
  27. to be completely different, usually worse, in quality than. anderster wees يَختَلِف عَن различавам се não ser da mesma laia nesnést srovnání sehr unterschiedlich sein ikke i samme boldgade όχι το ίδιο καλός σε ποιότητα no llegarle a alguien a la suela del zapato mitte võrreldav كاملا متفاوت olla aivan eri luokkaa ne pas arriver à la cheville de לִהיוֹת שוֹנֶה की तरह के, स्तर का न होना ne može se ni usporediti s nem lehet egy napon említeni vkivel berbeda vera gjörólíkur (di gran lunga inferio...
    usually
  28. Living in the streets.
    attributive
  29. Streetwise slang.
    slang, uncountable
  30. A village in County Westmeath, Ireland.
    countable, uncountable
  31. Abbr. St. A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with a sidewalk or sidewalks.
  32. People in general, as a source of information.
    in-plural, slang
  33. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States.
    countable, uncountable
  34. The people living, working, or habitually gathering in or along a street: The whole street protested the new parking regulations.
  35. A great distance.
    figuratively
  36. Street A district, such as Wall Street in New York City, that is identified with a specific profession. Often used with the.
  37. Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
    slang
  38. A style of skateboarding featuring typically urban obstacles.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans straat
አማርኛ መንገድ
Azərbaycanca küçə xiyaban
Беларуская вуліца
Български улица
বাংলা রাস্তা
Català carrer
Čeština ulice
Cymraeg heol stryd
Dansk gade
Deutsch Straße
Ελληνικά δρόμος οδός
Esperanto strato
Español calle lleca rúa
Eesti tänav uulits
Euskara kale
Suomi katu
Français rue street
Gaeilge sráid
Gàidhlig sràid
Galego rúa
ગુજરાતી સડક
Hausa titi
עברית רחוב
हिन्दी गली सड़क
Magyar utca
Հայերեն փողոց
Bahasa Indonesia jalan jalan raya
Íslenska gata stræti
Italiano strada via
日本語 ストリート 街路 通り 道路
ქართული ფოლორცი ქუჩა
Қазақша көше
ខ្មែរ វិថី វីថិ
한국어 -가 가로 거리 길거리 도로
Kurdî Gata kale sokak
Кыргызча көчө
Latina platea via vicus
Lëtzebuergesch Strooss
Lingála balabála
ລາວ ຖະໜົນ
Lietuvių gatvė
Latviešu iela
Te Reo Māori tiriti
Македонски улица
മലയാളം തെരുവ്
Монгол гудамж
Bahasa Melayu jalan lebuh
Malti triq
မြန်မာဘာသာ လမ်း လမ်းကြား
Nederlands straat
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ گلی
Polski ulica
پښتو کوڅه
Português rua
Română strada
Русский улица
Slovenčina ulica
Slovenščina ulica
Shqip rruge
Svenska gata
Kiswahili barabara njia
தமிழ் தெரு வீதி
తెలుగు వీధి
Тоҷикӣ кӯча
ไทย ถนน
Türkmençe köçe
Tagalog daan kalye
Türkçe cadde sokak
ئۇيغۇرچە كوچا
Українська вулиця
Wolof mbédd

Examples

“Walk down the street until you see a hotel on the right.”
“The man wearing a red coat is standing on the street.”
“I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue.”
“Take or be taken. Get yours or get got. It was the code of the streets and I'd lived by it. The way things was looking, I was prolly gone die by it too.”
“I got some pot cheap on the street.”
“The seized drugs had a street value of $5 million.”
“Orders were reported to have increased 2% monthly, ahead of the 1.2% expected by the street.”
“Professional services and other revenue made up $577 million, edging out street estimates for $541.4 million.”
“a street cat”
“a street urchin”
“Toaster is street for guns.”
“Streets say something's happening tomorrow.”
“He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school.”
“England were once again static in their few attacks, only Tuilagi's bullocking runs offering any threat, Flood reduced to aiming a long-range drop-goal pit which missed by a street.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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