# two-way

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtu.weɪ/

## Definitions
1. Of a highway, allowing traffic in two directions.
2. Of traffic or visibility, moving or occurring in opposite directions.
3. Permitting communication in two directions, i.e. both transmitting and receiving.
4. Of a project, treaty, etc., involving the mutual action or participation of two parties.
5. Utilising both Western and Indigenous knowledge systems; bothways.
6. Playing both offense and defense in the same game.
7. Of a table, etc., having or involving exactly two variables; bivariate.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/two-way