one-way

See also: oneway

English

Etymology

one +‎ way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors.

Pronunciation

enPR: [wŭnʹwāʹ]

Adjective

one-way (not comparable)

allowing movement in only one direction
The town centre is now a system of one-way streets.
allowing travel in only one direction
I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds.

Antonyms

Translations

allowing movement in only one direction

Albanian: njëdrejtimësh (sq)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單向 (zh), 单向 (zh) (dānxiàng)
Czech: jednosměrný (cs)
Finnish: yksisuuntainen (fi)
French: à sens unique
German: Einweg-, Einbahn-
Greek: μονόδρομος (el) m (monódromos)
Hungarian: egyirányú (hu)

Irish: aontreo
Italian: senso unico m
Japanese: 一方通行 (ippō tsūkō)
Korean: 일방통행 (ko) (ilbangtonghaeng)
Macedonian: еднонасочен m (ednonásočen)
Maori: ahutahi
Portuguese: de mão única
Russian: односторо́нний (ru) (odnostorónnij)
Swedish: enkelriktad

allowing travel in only one direction

Chinese:
Mandarin: 單程 (zh), 单程 (zh) (dānchéng)
Finnish: yksisuuntainen (fi)
French: aller simple (fr)
German: einfach (de)
Greek: χωρίς επιστροφή (chorís epistrofí)

Hungarian: egyirányú (hu)
Japanese: 片道 (かたみち, katamichi)
Macedonian: еднонасочен m (ednonásočen)
Portuguese: sem retorno
Russian: в оди́н коне́ц (v odín konéc), в одну́ сто́рону (v odnú stóronu)
Swedish: enkel, enkel-