street
US /strit/
Definition
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The bakery is on the same street as our office.
Synonyms
- roadan open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
- avenuea line of approach
- boulevarda wide street or thoroughfare
Collocations
- Easy walk down the streetto walk down the street, meaning to use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
- Medium cross the street at the pedestrian zebrato cross the street at the pedestrian zebra, meaning to travel across or pass over
- Hard street level intelligence on consumer trendsdescribing street level intelligence on consumer trends (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)
- Very Hard not on the same street in terms of caliberdescribing not on the same street in terms of caliber (negation of a word or group of words)
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