one-way
/wʌn.weɪ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.88 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input.
verb
To use a disc harrow to turn the soil and kill weeds, in preparation for planting seeds.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "one-way mirror"
- "The town centre is now a system of one-way streets."
- "Traditional feedback collection through pen-and-paper questionnaires and oral reports usually only supplies one-way feedback, from student to teacher."
- "I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds."
- "Over a period of 10 years, the average yield under stubble-mulch tillage has been 10 percent greater than under one-waying with continuous wheat, and 14 percent greater than under one-waying with wheat on fallow."
- "I wanted to fly but they say a system's coming in Chances are high that this is a one way"
Etymology
From one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors.