Phonetic Breakdown of "street"
Learn how to break down "street" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.
Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:
/stɹiːt/
/ʃtɹiːt/
Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries
IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:
S T R IY1 T
Standard phonetic transcription to help with precise pronunciation
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Definition of "street"
Pronunciation: /stɹiːt/
Noun
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A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.Example: "Walk down the street until you see a hotel on the right."
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A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.Example: "I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue."
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The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
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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.
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An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.Example: "I got some pot cheap on the street."
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Streetwise slang.
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A great distance.Example: "He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school."
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Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
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Living in the streets.Example: "a street cat; a street urchin"
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(urban toponymy) By restriction, the streets that run perpendicular to avenues.
Verb
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To build or equip with streets.
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To eject; to throw onto the streets.
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(by extension) To heavily defeat.
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To go on sale.
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To proselytize in public.
Adjective
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Having street cred; conforming to modern urban trends.
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