street

street  (strt)

n.

1.

a. Abbr. St. A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with a sidewalk or sidewalks.

b. Such a public way considered apart from the sidewalks: Don't play in the street.

c. A public way or road along with the houses or buildings abutting it: lives on a quiet street.

2. The people living, working, or habitually gathering in or along a street: The whole street protested the new parking regulations.

3. Street A district, such as Wall Street in New York City, that is identified with a specific profession. Often used with the.

4. The streets of a city viewed as the scene of crime, poverty, or dereliction.

5. The common public viewed as a repository of public attitudes and understanding.

adj.

1. Near or giving passage to a street: a street door.

2.

a. Taking place in the street: a street brawl; street crime.

b. Living or making a living on the streets: street people; a street vendor.

c. Performing on the street: street musicians; a street juggler.

d. Crude; vulgar: street language; street humor.

3. Appropriate for wear or use in public: street clothes.

Idiom:

on/in the street

1. Without a job; idle.

2. Without a home; homeless.

3. Out of prison; at liberty.

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[Middle English strete, from Old English strt, strt, from Late Latin strta, paved road, from Latin, feminine past participle of sternere, to stretch, extend, pave; see ster-² in Indo-European roots.]

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street [striːt]

n

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering)

a.  (capital when part of a name) a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a town Oxford Street

b.  (as modifier) a street directory

2. (Social Science / Human Geography) the buildings lining a street

3. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles

4. (Sociology) the people living, working, etc., in a particular street

5. (Sociology) (modifier) of or relating to the urban counterculture street style street drug

man in the street an ordinary or average citizen

on the streets

a.  earning a living as a prostitute

b.  homeless

(right) up one's street Informal (just) what one knows or likes best

streets ahead of Informal superior to, more advanced than, etc.

streets apart Informal markedly different

vb (tr)

Austral to outdistance

[Old English strǣt, from Latin via strāta paved way (strāta, from strātus, past participle of sternere to stretch out); compare Old Frisian strēte, Old High German strāza; see stratus]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" alley, alleyway, back street - a narrow street with walls on both sides boulevard, avenue - a wide street or thoroughfare cross street - a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it local road, local street - a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it high street, main street - street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town mews - street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives in a Chelsea mews" pavement, paving - the paved surface of a thoroughfare rue - (French) a street or road in France side street - a street intersecting a main street and terminating there thoroughfare - a public road from one place to another
	2.	street - the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street" one-way street - a street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction thoroughfare - a public road from one place to another two-way street - a street on which vehicular traffic can move in either of two directions; "you have to look both ways crossing a two-way street"
	3.	street - the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street" concrete jungle - an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant environment - the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"
	4.	street - a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech chance, opportunity - a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
	5.	street - people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights" neighborhood, neighbourhood - people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"

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street

noun road, lane, avenue, terrace, row, boulevard, roadway, thoroughfare a small, quaint town with narrow streets

on the streets homeless, down and out, sleeping rough, living rough, of no fixed abode youngsters who are on the streets

streets ahead of something or someone much better than, a cut above, head and shoulders above, more than a match for, in a different class from He was streets ahead of the other contestants.

the man or woman in the street Joe Public, John Doe (U.S. informal), Joe Bloggs (Brit. informal), the man on the Clapham omnibus (Brit. informal), Mr or Mrs Average the average man or woman in the street

up your street (Informal) to your liking, to your taste, your cup of tea (informal), pleasing, familiar, suitable, acceptable, compatible, congenial She loved it, this was right up her street.

Translations

street [striːt]

A. N → calle f, jirón m (Peru)
he lives in or on the High Street → vive en la Calle Mayor
to be on the streets (= homeless) → estar sin vivienda (euph) (as prostitute) → hacer la calle
to be streets ahead of sb (Brit) → adelantarle por mucho a algn
we are streets ahead of them in design → les damos ciento y raya en el diseño
they're streets apart (Brit) → los separa un abismo
they're not in the same street as us (Brit) → no están a nuestra altura, no admiten comparación con nosotros
it's right up my street (Brit) → esto es lo que me va, esto es lo mío

B. CPD street arab (o.f.) N → golfo m, chicuelo m de la calle
street cleaner N → barrendero/a m/f
street corner N → esquina f (de la calle)
street cred street credibility N → dominio m de la contracultura urbana
street door N → puerta f principal, puerta f de la calle
street fight N → pelea f callejera
street fighting N → peleas fpl callejeras
street lamp N → farola f, faro m (LAm)
street level N at street level → en el nivel de la calle
street light N = street lamp street lighting N → alumbrado m público
street map N → plano m (de la ciudad)
street market N → mercado m callejero, tianguis m (Mex), feria f (LAm)
street musician N → músico m ambulante
street photographer N → fotógrafo m callejero
street plan N → plano m, callejero m
street sweeper N → barrendero/a m/f
street theatre N → teatro m en la calle, teatro m de calle
street urchin N → golfo m, chicuelo m de la calle
street value N → valor m en la calle
street vendor N (US) → vendedor/a mf callejero/a

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street [ˈstriːt]

n → rue f
The two men walked slowly down the street → Les deux hommes descendaient la rue lentement.
in the street → dans la rue
on the street → dans la rue
to be on the streets (= homeless) → être à la rue
the man in the street → l'homme de la rue
to be up sb's street (British) [job, activity] → être le rayon de qn
It's up my street → C'est mon rayon.
to be streets ahead of sb → être infiniment supérieur(e) à qn

modif [art, culture] → de la rue; [entertainer, performer] → de rue; [battle, demonstration, protest] → de rue; [gang] → des rues; [corner, name, number, sign] → de rue; [party, parade] → de rue; [trader] → de rue

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street

n

→ Straße f; in or on the street → auf der Straße; to live in or on a street → in einer Straße wohnen; the man/woman in the street (fig) → der Mann/die Frau auf der Straße; it’s right up my street (Brit fig inf) → das ist genau mein Fall (inf); to be streets ahead of somebody (fig inf) → jdm haushoch überlegen sein (inf); streets apart (fig) → grundverschieden; he’s not in the same street as her (fig inf) → zwischen ihm und ihr ist ein himmelweiter Unterschied (inf); to take to the streets (demonstrators) → auf die Straße gehen; to go on the streets (inf) → auf den Strich gehen (inf); a woman of the streets → ein Mädchen nt → von der Straße, ein Straßenmädchen nt ? man

(inf: = residents) → Straße f

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street in cpds → Straßen-;

street Arab

n (Brit dated liter) → Gassenkind nt

streetball

n → Streetball nt

street battle

n → Straßenschlacht f

streetcar

n (US) → Straßenbahn f

street circuit

n (Sport, for race) → Straßenkurs m, → Stadtkurs m

street cleaner

n (esp US) → Straßenkehrer(in) m(f), → Straßenfeger(in) m(f)

street collection

n → Straßensammlung f

street cred (Brit inf), street credibility

n → Glaubwürdigkeit f; as an undercover agent in the Bronx you need street → als Geheimagent in der Bronx muss man sich dem Milieu anpassen können; this jacket does nothing for my street → dieses Jackett versaut mein ganzes Image (inf)

street crime

n → Straßenkriminalität f

street door

n → Tür f → zur Straße hin

street fighter

n → Straßenkämpfer(in) m(f)

street fighting

n → Straßenkämpfe pl

street furniture

n (= benches, road signs, cycle stands etc) → Stadtmöbel pl, → urbanes Mobiliar

street lamp

n → Straßenlaterne f

street level

n at street → zu ebener Erde

street life

n (inf) → Leben nt → auf der Straße

street light

n → Straßenlaterne f

street lighting

n → Straßenbeleuchtung f

street map

n → Stadtplan m, → Straßenplan m

street market

n → Straßenmarkt m

street musician

n → Straßenmusikant(in) m(f)

street party

n → Straßenfest nt

street people

pl → Obdachlose pl

street plan

n → Straßen- or Stadtplan m

street smart

adj (esp US inf: = streetwise) → gewieft (inf), → clever (inf)

street sweeper

n (= person) → Straßenkehrer(in) m(f) → or -feger(in) m(f); (= machine) → Kehrmaschine f

street theatre, (US) street theater

n → Straßentheater nt

street urchin

n → Straßen- or Gassenjunge m

street vendor

n → Straßenverkäufer(in) m(f)

streetwalker

n → Prostituierte f, → Straßenmädchen nt

streetwise

adj → gewieft (inf), → clever (inf)

streetworker

n → Streetworker(in) m(f)

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street [striːt] n → strada, via
the back streets → le strade secondarie
to be on the streets (homeless) → essere senza tetto (as prostitute) → battere il marciapiede
it's right up my street (fig) (job) → è proprio quello che fa per me, è il mio forte
to be streets ahead of sb (fam) → essere di gran lunga superiore a qn

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street

n street [striːt]

1 a road with houses, shops etc on one or both sides, in a town or village the main shopping street; I met her in the street. straat شارِع улица ulice gade die Straße δρόμος calle tänav خيابان katu rue רְחוֹב सड़क जिसपर घर हों ulica utca jalan gata, stræti strada, via 通り 거리 gatvė iela jalan straat gate ulica rua stradă улица ulica ulica ulica gata ตึกอาคารตามถนน sokak, cadde 街(道) вулиця سڑک đường phố 街（道）

2 (abbreviated toStwhen written) used in the names of certain roads Her address is 4 Shakespeare St. Str إحْتِصار لِكَلْمَة: شارِع ул. ulice gade; vej die Straße οδός calle tänav سواره رو katu rue רח' स्ट्रीट का संक्षेप skraćeno za ulicu, ul. út Jalan gata, stræti via ～通り 가(街) gatvė iela Jln. straat gate ulica rua stradă улица ulica ulica ul -gatan ชื่อถนน ... caddesi/sokağı (城市中的)...街 вулиця سڑکوں یا گلیوں کے نام جو پتے میں استعمال ہوتے ہیں phố （城市中的）...街

n streetcar

(especially American) a tramcar. trembus مَرْكَبَة الترام трамвай tramvaj sporvogn der Straßenbahnwagen τραμ tranvía, tren tramm واگن برقي raitiovaunu tramway חַשמַלִית ट्राम गाड़ी tramvaj villamos(kocsi) trem sporvagn tram 市街電車 시가 전차 tramvajus tramvajs trem tram trikk, sporvogn tramwaj eléctrico tramvai трамвай električka tramvaj tramvaj spårvagn รถตามถนน tramvay 內有軌電車 трамвай ٹرام کار xe điện 内有轨电车

street directory

a booklet giving an index and plans of a city's streets. padkaart دَليل الشَّوارِع карта на пътната мрежа plánek města bykort der Stadtplan οδηγός πόλης guía tänavate kaart كتابچه نقشه خيابانهاي شهر katuhakemisto 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 veiviser plan miasta guia turístico hartă a oraşului указатель улиц plán mesta seznam ulic mapa grada gatuförteckning, stadskarta คู่มือการเดินทาง şehir rehberi 街名指南(索引) каталог вулиць ایک کتاب جس میں شہر کی سڑکوں کا نقشہ ہوتا ہے danh mục đường phố 街名指南（索引）

be streets ahead of / better than

to be much better than. myle beter يتَفَوَّق ، يكونُ أفْضَل بِكَثير далеч по-добър mnohem lepší langt foran; langt bedre meilenweit voraus sein 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 aukščiau už būt galvas tiesu pārākam par jauh lebih baik veel beter dan ligge milevis foran być o klasę lepszym niż ser muito superior a a fi mai bun decât намного опережать oveľa lepší biti daleč boljši biti daleko ispred ligga långt före, vara vida överlägsen มากกว่าที่เป็น kat kat üstün olmak 比...好 бути на голову вищим زیادہ بہتر ہونا tốt hơn nhiều so với 比...好

be up someone's street

to be exactly suitable for someone That job is just up your street. perfek, geskik مُناسِب، مُلائِم по моята част jako dělaný pro være noget for en; være lige (hende) genau passen είναι η ειδικότητά μου, ο τομέας μου venir perfecto (kellegi) eriala olema در دايره توانايي و علاقه خود olla jonkun alaa 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 adatto per) ～にふさわしい 아주 적합한 būti kaip tik būt tieši kā radīts (kādam) cocok dengan bidang seseorang precies bij iemand passen være midt i blinken for być wymarzonym dla kogoś estar muito bem para a se potrivi mănuşă как раз подходить ako robený pre, vedieť, vyznať sa biti pisan na kožo biti sasvim odgovarajući passa ngn precis, vara ngns specialitet อย่างเหมาะเจาะจง birisi için uygun olmak 適合於... такий, що точно відповідає чиїмось потребам کسی کے لیے بالکل مناسب ہونا hợp với khả năng 适合于...

not to be in the same street as

to be completely different, usually worse, in quality than. anderster wees يَختَلِف عَن различавам се nesnést srovnání ikke i samme boldgade sehr unterschiedlich sein όχι το ίδιο καλός σε ποιότητα no llegarle a alguien a la suela del zapato mitte võrreldav كاملا متفاوت painia eri sarjassa kuin 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 inferiore a) ～にとても及ばない (~)와 비교할 바가 못되는 nepalyginamai blogesnis už, visiškai kitoks negu sliktākas kvalitātes- tidaklah sehandal niet halen bij ikke være på bølgelengde med nie umywać się do não ser da mesma craveira a nu ajunge nici până la degetul mic al cuiva быть слабее, хуже чем nezniesť porovnanie ne segati do gležnjev biti potpuno različit inte vara i samma division som, inte kunna jämföras med แตกต่างกันอย่างสิ้นเชิง ... ile aynı düzeyde değil, boy ölçüşemez 難以和...相比 бути зовсім не з тої опери بالکل مختلف ہونا không thể sánh với ai 难以和...相比

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street → شارِع ulice gade Straße οδός calle katu rue ulica via 通り 거리 straat gate ulica rua улица gata ถนน cadde phố 街