streets Meaning & Definition
/stɹiːts/
What Does Streets Mean?
Streets is a noun that means plural of street. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of street. As a verb, it means To build or equip with streets.
Streets Definition (Noun)
- plural of street
Streets as a Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of street
Noun
- A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
Walk down the street until you see a hotel on the right.
- A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue.
- The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
- The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
- An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
I got some pot cheap on the street.
- Streetwise slang.
- A great distance.
He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school.
- Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
- Living in the streets.
a street cat; a street urchin
- (urban toponymy) By restriction, the streets that run perpendicular to avenues.
Verb
- To build or equip with streets.
- To eject; to throw onto the streets.
- (by extension) To heavily defeat.
- To go on sale.
- To proselytize in public.
Synonyms of Streets
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Streets synonyms and antonyms →Streets in a Sentence
Walk down the street until you see a hotel on the right.
I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue.
I got some pot cheap on the street.
He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school.
a street cat; a street urchin
Word Forms & Grammar
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