Travel / B1

wun-WAY/ˌwʌn ˈweɪ/

One-way means allowing travel or flow in only one direction: a one-way street; a one-way system. Two-way is the opposite. Pickup: the one-way system outside the gates is enforced, not only drawn on the map.

Meaning

Allowing travel or flow in only one direction (a one-way street / system).

Examples

• “The one-way system outside the gates is enforced at pickup, not only on the map.”
• “A one-way ticket is travel in one direction only, which is the ticket sense.”

Good to know

a one-way + street / system / ticket (hyphen). Opposite: two-way. Highway Code / travel. Mix-up: once is “one time”.

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