two-way

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.weɪ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

two-way (not comparable)

  1. (road transport) Of a highway, allowing traffic in two directions.
  2. (road transport) Of traffic or visibility, moving or occurring in opposite directions.
  3. (radio) Permitting communication in two directions, i.e. both transmitting and receiving.
    • 1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 560:
      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.
  4. Of a project, treaty, etc., involving the mutual action or participation of two parties.
  5. (education) Utilising both Western and Indigenous knowledge systems; bothways.
    • 2023 August 11, Sarah Legge, Libby Rumpff, Stephen T. Garnett, John C.Z. Woinarski, “Loss of terrestrial biodiversity in Australia: Magnitude, causation, and response”, in Science, volume 381, →DOI, page 8, column 3:
      There are increasing examples of Indigenous-led research, and "two-way" collaborative research between scientists and Indigenous land custodians.
  6. (American football, ice hockey) Playing both offense and defense in the same game.
  7. (statistics) Of a table, etc., having or involving exactly two variables; bivariate.
    A two-way chart; a two-way table.

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Noun

two-way (plural two-ways)

  1. (Cincinnati) A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti.
    Coordinate terms: three-way, four-way, five-way, six-way

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