street
part of speech
noun (street, streets)
meaning for a pupil
1) A street is a road in a town or city with houses, shops or buildings on its sides. tree →
2) «Street» is part of many addresses: «24 High Street». tree →
3) «The streets» can mean the town outside, with its people. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school maths: houses on a street (both sides), house numbers (odd on one side, even on the other), lamps along a street at equal gaps, length of a street. In everyday life and safety: crossing the street, street names on a map, street lights, a street party. Phrases: «cross the street», «down the street», «across the street», «main street», «high street» (UK shops).
examples
- There are 30 houses on the street. tree →
- Lamps stand every 10 m along the street. tree →
- The street is 500 m long. tree →
- How many houses on both sides? tree →
- My friend lives across the street. tree →
- Look both ways before you cross the street. tree →
- Houses on one side of the street have odd numbers. tree →
- We had a street party with music and food. tree →
- They passed out into the street. tree →
note
Countable: «a street». We live «on» a street (US) or «in» a street (UK). Maths: a place or a length; with lamps or trees at equal gaps, items = gaps + 1. Trap: both sides of the street doubles the count. Safety: never play in the street.
In the corpora
- Living close to other people means sharing streets, walls, parking spaces and rules.
- Every street has its news: who parked where, whose dog barked, who has a new car.
- The confirmed part of a street story is what someone actually saw, like a car parked in a space on Tuesday.
- A couple's marriage is private, and there may be children in the house who hear what the street says.
- Families don't owe the street their news first; when a baby arrives, the kind reply is «congratulations».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «street» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.