streetnoun [ C ]
uk/striːt/us/striːt/A1 a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or both sides:
The streets were strewn with rubbish after the parade.
a street map
Our daughter lives just across the street from us.
Diane's house is in/on Cherry Street.
Men whistle at us when we're just walking down the street.
Make sure you look both ways when you cross the street.
The town's streets were deserted by dusk.
At five in the morning, there were still crowds of people roaming the streets.
I bought these sunglasses from a street vendor in Florence.
take to the streets
When people take to the streets, they express their opposition to something in public and often violently:
Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the military coup.
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- The street was familiar to me.
- They live at the bottom of our street .
- I live in dread of bumping into her in the street.
- I can't go down that street - there's a 'No entry' sign.
- Her handbag was snatched from her in the street.
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Roads: urban & residential streets
- access road
- artery
- Ave
- avenue
- backstreets
- Blvd
- crescent
- drive
- driveway
- lane
- lollipop man/lady
- main drag
- main street
- mews
- parkway
- plaza
- row 1
- seafront
- square
- woonerf
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Taking action against people in power
Idiom(s)
be streets ahead
be up your street
the man/woman in the street
on the streets
the streets are paved with gold
the whole street