street
/striːt/
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Translation
A road in a town or city, with houses or shops on both sides.
Word origin
From Latin strata, meaning a paved road, which came into Old English very early.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- strata
Grammar
Gender
Pluralstreets
Examples
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Here "street" is the road with houses on both sides.
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"Street" is the road where the shop is.
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"Streets" is the plural, meaning more than one street.
A street is a road in a town or city. It has houses, shops, or other buildings on both sides. People walk along the street, cars drive down it, and each street usually has its own name.
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