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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
two-way
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a two-horse/two-way race
▪ It soon became clear that it would be a two-horse race.
two-way communication (=in both directions)
▪ Train drivers need two-way communication with the signal box at all times.
two-way mirror
two-way street
▪ Marriage has to be a two-way street.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
communication
▪ When logged into his two-way communication system, you will be amazed at his love and understanding.
▪ One part of the problem is that your company did not provide adequate two-way communication while redecorating.
▪ I have enjoyed reading all your letters and look forward to continuing the two-way communication that has developed over the past year.
▪ Your best approach is to make sure that you have a good deal of two-way communication with the employees.
▪ The third security concept is the electronic two-way communication system.
▪ The reciprocal relationship embodies two-way communication, with each open to be influenced by the other.
▪ Faxing, and paging that accommodates messages up to 160 letters and numbers, messages to groups, and two-way communication.
process
▪ Sharing confidences Never profit from a confidence, but make profit in confidence Sharing confidences is essentially a two-way process.
▪ But spying can be a two-way process.
▪ Therefore, the achievement of metanoia may be said to be a two-way process.
▪ There was hope that it would be a two-way process and that it would have benefits for the school.
▪ Be honest with the candidate Bear in mind right from the start that the interview is a two-way process.
▪ Communicating, then as now, was a two-way process.
▪ They saw their relationship with the board as a two-way process, taking advice and ideas from a meeting as well as to it.
radio
▪ We could equip them with two-way radios, but they would be confiscated at road checks.
▪ Each carries a two-way radio, connected to the office.
▪ The Air Ministry loaned a two-way radio, the Admiralty the navigational equipment.
▪ He was also in contact with a two-way radio, Gagne said.
▪ One can only conclude that the story about the two-way radios is entirely false.
▪ An inspector in a manufacturing plant could wear a headset microphone with a two-way radio link.
▪ Both paging systems and two-way radio can have significant benefits for the catering industry.
▪ Rex and Ruth Rathbun were out in front of their house, Rex with a two-way radio.
street
▪ The superiors, however, saw these responsibilities as more of a two-way street than did the subordinates.
▪ They require hundreds of millions of dollars worth of new equipment and fiber optic backbone to make them two-way streets.
▪ But creative collaboration is a two-way street.
▪ But the link between diagnosis and treatment is a two-way street.
trade
▪ Thus in this case we get two-way trade in the same product.
▪ They differ from older forms of association in that they are two-way trades of complementary strengths among competitors.
▪ Per-capita income tops $ 12, 000 a year; two-way trade should hit nearly $ 200 billion in 1996.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sth is a two-way street
▪ But creative collaboration is a two-way street.
▪ But the link between diagnosis and treatment is a two-way street.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ It was impossible to have a two-way conversation with Derek, because he never stopped talking.
▪ Managers who want two-way communication with their staff must be prepared to listen to what they have to say.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Each carries a two-way radio, connected to the office.
▪ Nevertheless, in this two-way causal relationship, poverty is primarily a cause of illness and only secondarily its effect.
▪ None of the older mains-communications techniques can provide the necessary two-way signalling between consumer and supplier.
▪ Of course communication is two-way, and the mood of the recipients is also important for effective communication.
▪ Some schools used two-way television instruction.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Two-way

Two-way \Two"-way`\, a. (Pipe Fitting) Serving to connect at will one pipe or channel with either of two others; as, a two-way cock.

Wiktionary
two-way

a. 1 (context of a highway English) allowing traffic in two directions 2 (context of traffic English) moving in both directions 3 (context of a radio, etc. English) permitting communication in two directions 4 (context of a project treaty, etc. English) involving the mutual action or participation of two parties 5 (context American football English) Playing both offense and defense in the same game n. A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti.

WordNet
two-way

  1. adj. supported by both sides; "a two-way treaty" [syn: bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party]

  2. involving two parties or elements; "a bipartite document"; "a two-way treaty" [syn: bipartite, two-party]

  3. operating or permitting operation in either of two opposite directions; "a two-way valve"; "two-way traffic"; "two-way streets"

Wikipedia
Two-way

Two-way, two way, 2-way, or 2way may refer to:

  • 2-way or symmetric multiprocessing, a multiprocessor computer hardware and software architecture
  • Two-way communication, information flow in both directions between two parties
    • Two-way radio, a radio that can both transmit and receive
    • Two-way pager, wireless device that receives and acknowledges text or voice messages
  • Two-way mirror, a mirror that is partially reflective and partially transparent
  • Two-way street, a street that allows vehicles to travel in both directions

Usage examples of "two-way".

A two-way cock permits the admission of gas into the gasometer and thence into the testing box.

South End two-way attempted scam whose very bad luck had forced him into hiding in squalor and rooming with the likes of fucking Geoffrey D.

Nixon himself confirmed the connection, between the junta and Pappas and Tasca and the two-way flow of dirty money, on a post-Watergate White House tape dated 23 May 1973.

Tahitian deliberate long two-way voyaging made by Cook and his associates and by Bougainville.

We can now confirm that Basser Assad was present at Aleppo Four, apparently watching the rapings and torture from behind a two-way mirror.

Aside from Morelli, the only piece of cop equipment in the Fairlane was a recycled two-way radio.

For the traffic between our Old World and its antipodes, between Here and Beyond, travels along a two-way street.

The Atiuans were also in two-way contact with Mitiaro, about twenty miles north-east of Atiu, and Mauke, about a similar distance south-east of Mauke.

This unsettling two-way mapping of any sense onto any nonsense works because the keythe enciphering ruleitself contains information.

And of course, we could add the Humean point that whilst for Pascal it was a simple two-way question of mass versus disbelief, in the wider world it is also a question of the Koran versus mass, or L.

As Roman drove ahead, Kerrie saw the man speaking into a two-way radiO.

Frank Romero may not be a Pascal Lamartine, but put him the other side of two-way glass with the right equipment, and he can perform perfectly well.

On sharp interrogation by Gusterson, however, it appeared that these last were not ticklers but merely two-way radios linked to the school police station.

The side ramp was a two-way ramp, and a sign said to give way to vehicles coming down.

I don't want some psionic monitor with two-way clairaudience they haven't told me about catching the whisper and coming to take the gun away from us.