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street

Pronunciation: /striːt/

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Definition of street

noun

  • 1a public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides:the narrow, winding streets of Edinburgh [in place names]:45 Lake Street
  • (the Street) US Wall Street.
  • (the street/streets) the roads or public areas of a city or town:every week, fans stop me in the street
  • [as modifier] denoting someone who is homeless:the street kids of the city
  • 2 [as modifier] relating to the outlook, values, or lifestyle of those young people who are perceived as composing a fashionable urban subculture:London street style

Phrases

not in the same street

British informal far inferior in terms of ability.

on the streets

  • 1homeless: the number of people who are out on the streets is lower than twelve months ago
  • 2working as a prostitute: there are fewer girls on the streets these days, so prices have risen

streets ahead

British informal greatly superior:the restaurant is streets ahead of its local rivals

Derivatives

streeted

adjective
[in combination]:a many-streeted tangle of low, brick buildings

streetward

adjective & adverb

Origin:

Old English strǣt, of West Germanic origin, from late Latin strāta (via) 'paved (way)', feminine past participle of sternere 'lay down'

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Definition of street in the US English dictionary

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