- street
- streetW1S1 [stri:t] n[: Old English; Origin: strAt]1.) a public road in a city or town that has houses, shops etc on one or both sides▪ We moved to Center Street when I was young.▪ I walked on further down the street .▪ Someone just moved in across the street .▪ a car parked on the other side of the street▪ Look both ways before you cross the street .▪ There were soldiers marching down the main street .▪ There's a branch of the store in almost every high street in Britain.▪ We found a quiet bar in one of the side streets .▪ a quiet residential street▪ He was fined for driving the wrong way down a one-way street .▪ a small historic town with narrow winding streets▪ Two people were chatting on a street corner .2.) the streets [plural] also the streetthe busy public parts of a city where there is a lot of activity, excitement, and crime, or where people without homes liveon the streets▪ young people living on the streets▪ She felt quite safe walking the streets after dark.▪ street musicians (=ones who play on the street)3.) the man/woman in the street also the man/woman on the streetthe average person, who represents the general opinion about things▪ The man on the street assumes that all politicians are corrupt.4.) (right) up your streetBrE exactly right for you5.) streets ahead (of sb/sth)BrE informal much better than someone or something else▪ James is streets ahead of the rest of the class at reading.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬COLLOCATES for sense 1along/up/down the streetacross the streeton the other/opposite side of the streetcross the streetmain streethigh street British English (=the main street with shops in a village, town, or city)shopping street British English (=a street with a lot of shops)side/back street (=a street that is smaller than a main street)busy/quiet street (=a street with a lot of activity or little activity)crowded/deserted/empty streetone-way street (=a street where you can only drive in one direction)narrow streetwinding streets (=streets that turn in many directions)street corner (=a place where streets meet)▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.