Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

two-way

/ˈtu.weɪ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.75 in modern English

Syllables: two-way
IPA: /ˈtu.weɪ/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a highway, allowing traffic in two directions.

adj

Of traffic or visibility, moving or occurring in opposite directions.

adj

Permitting communication in two directions, i.e. both transmitting and receiving.

adj

Of a project, treaty, etc., involving the mutual action or participation of two parties.

adj

Utilising both Western and Indigenous knowledge systems; bothways.

adj

Playing both offense and defense in the same game.

adj

Of a table, etc., having or involving exactly two variables; bivariate.

noun

A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti.

Example Sentences

"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."
"There are increasing examples of Indigenous-led research, and "two-way" collaborative research between scientists and Indigenous land custodians."
"A two-way chart; a two-way table."

Etymology

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

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

two-ways (plural)

Phrases

two-way mirror two-way street

Frequently Paired Words

three-way four-way five-way six-way

Synonyms

bipartite two-part bipartisan bipartizan two-party

Rhymes With

thruway throughway

Questions

How do you pronounce two-way?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtu.weɪ/.
What does two-way mean?: Of a highway, allowing traffic in two directions.
Where does two-way come from?: From two + way. Compare Old English twiweġ (“an intersection, a junction of two roads”).

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