Definitions for one-way

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Spelling: [wuhn-wey]

IPA: /ˈwʌnˈweɪ/

One-Way is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in one-way (-aenowy).

Definitions for one-way

adjective

1. moving, or allowing movement in one direction only:
2. valid for travel in one direction only: Compare round trip.
3. without a reciprocal feeling, responsibility, relationship, etc.:
4. not intended for return to a seller, dealer, etc., for reuse; disposable:

Origin of one-way

First recorded in 1815-25

Examples for one-way

The one-way trip is an easy day's journey from Glacier Point.

And yet he is too smart to despair that this is a one-way street.

When he went to my dad with the news, the joy was a one-way street.

So I went straight to the airport, bought a one-way ticket, and flew out.

A one-way rocket to the moon and he tells me the toughest part's over.

And “the one-way trail” is the trail over which there is no returning.

Just give patients a sack lunch and a one-way bus ticket out of town.

Nearly 90% of its weight was fuel, for the one-way trip to Mars.

Unfortunately, at that distance, the connection was one-way.

Lawmaking by legislatures is also a one-way ratchet—Legislators get credit for passing laws, not pruning them.