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two-way

/ˈtu.weɪ/

two-way adjective: of a highway, allowing traffic in two directions.

Adjective

two-way (not comparable)

  1. Of a highway, allowing traffic in two directions.
  2. Of traffic or visibility, moving or occurring in opposite directions.
  3. Permitting communication in two directions, i.e. both transmitting and receiving.
    • The inner power cars are brake second class compartment coaches; the guard has means of both bell and two-way telephone communication with the driving compartment.1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 560
  4. Of a project, treaty, etc., involving the mutual action or participation of two parties.
  5. Utilising both Western and Indigenous knowledge systems; bothways.
    • There are increasing examples of Indigenous-led research, and "two-way" collaborative research between scientists and Indigenous land custodians.2023 August 11, Sarah Legge, Libby Rumpff, Stephen T. Garnett, John C.Z. Woinarski, “Loss of terrestrial biodiversity in Australia: Magnitude, causation, and response”, in Science, volume 381, →DOI...
  6. Playing both offense and defense in the same game.
  7. Of a table, etc., having or involving exactly two variables; bivariate.
    • A two-way chart; a two-way table.

Noun

two-way (plural two-ways)

  1. (Cincinnati) A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti.

two-way meaning in Tamil and Kannada

two-way in Tamil

இரு வழித்தான

two-way in Kannada

ಎರಡೂ ಕಡೆಯ, ಇಬ್ಬರೂ

Forms of two-way

pluraltwo-ways

Origin of two-way

From two + way. Compare Old English twiweġ (“an intersection, a junction of two roads”).

Words formed from two-way

Phrases with two-way

Questions about two-way

What does two-way mean?
Two-way means of a highway, allowing traffic in two directions.
What is two-way in Tamil?
Two-way in Tamil is இரு வழித்தான. See Two-way meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is two-way?
Two-way can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce two-way?
Two-way is pronounced /ˈtu.weɪ/.

Words near two-way in the dictionary

  1. two-top
  2. two-tops
  3. two-up
  4. two-up-two-down
  5. two-up-two-downs
  6. two-way
  7. two-way communication
  8. two-way communications
  9. two-way joist slab
  10. two-way joist slabs
  11. two-way mirror

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Adapted from Wiktionary: two-way (page history and authors); two-way (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); two-way (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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