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How to pronounce streets in English?

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Type Words
Type of opportunity, chance


he worked both sides of the street.
cooperation is a two-way street.
Type Words
Type of thoroughfare
Has types main street, mews, rue, cross street, back street, side street, boulevard, alley, high street, alleyway, local road, local street, avenue


they walked the streets of the small town.
Type Words
Type of neighbourhood, neighborhood


the whole street protested the absence of street lights.
Type Words
Type of thoroughfare
Has types two-way street, one-way street


be careful crossing the street.
Type Words
Type of environment


she tried to keep her children off the street.

Examples of streets

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Each month a huge machine rumbles past my house, supposedly to clean my streets.
From the sacbee.com
Middle-class protesters went to the streets then, too, demanding free elections.
From the sacbee.com
By the time Young returned to Denver, Hicks was lost to the streets, Young said.
From the denverpost.com
Highways and collector streets will be plowed more frequently than side streets.
From the dailyherald.com
This view of Citygarden is from the southwest corner of 10th and Market streets.
From the stltoday.com
Their hometown fans have turned the streets of Morganfield yellow with bandanas.
From the kentucky.com
Cohoes has applied 15,000 tons to its streets, nearly double the average amount.
From the timesunion.com
I saw Iraqi's visiting shops and freely buying and selling goods on the streets.
From the suntimes.com
He had been living on the streets, near a mosque where free food is distributed.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • A thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
  • The part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"
  • The streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street"
  • A situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
  • People living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
  • Wall Street: used to allude to the securities industry of the United States
  • A street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. ...
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