Meaning
5 sensesTo build or equip with streets.
To eject; to throw onto the streets.
(broadly)To heavily defeat.
To go on sale.
(Japanese, Mormonism)To proselytize in public.
Examples
3331 sentencesA cat ran across the street.
Дорогу перебіг кіт. — deniko
ruДорогу перебежал кот. — marafon
The store is across the street.
Магазин - на іншому боці вулиці. — aandrusiak
deDer Laden ist auf der anderen Straßenseite. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Where does this street lead to?
Куди веде ця вулиця? — deniko
ruКуда ведёт эта улица? — redscorp
deWohin führt diese Straße? — Wolf
My house faces a busy street.
Мій будинок стоїть на жвавій вулиці. — aandrusiak
ruМой дом выходит на оживлённую улицу. — kobylkin
deMein Haus liegt an einer viel befahrenen Straße. — pne
I saw him cross the street.
Я бачив, як він переходив дорогу. — deniko
ruЯ видел, как он переходил улицу. — marafon
deIch habe ihn die Straße überqueren sehen. — MUIRIEL
Origin
Inherited from Middle English strete, from Anglian Old English strēt (“street”, compare WeInherited from Middle English strete, from Anglian Old English strēt (“street”, compare West Saxon Old English strǣt) from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”), from Latin strātus, past participle of sternō (“stretch out, spread, bestrew with, cover, pave”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”). Doublet of estrade and stratum.
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Forms
streets, streeting, streeted, streetedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2City and transport — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- on park street
- park street
- across the street
- down the street
- on the street
- cross the street
- crossing the street
- the street from
- in the street
- of the street
- on this street
- along the street