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Alternative spelling of door-to-door.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From one household or business to the next.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, not-comparable
Examples
- He carried the petition door to door, collecting signatures.
- He sold magazine subscriptions at inflated prices door to door.
- Selling door to door is the best training - and test - for a new salesman.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, not-comparable
Examples
- The trip takes sixteen hours door to door.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.
From shipper to recipient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, not-comparable
Qualifier: by further extension
Examples
- The express company could only handle shipments door to door on the West Coast, needing others to reach the rest of the country.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.
From inception to final completion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, not-comparable
Qualifier: by further extension
Examples
- It was purely a CIA operation, door to door.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
դռնեդուռ
(dṙneduṙ)
— from one household or business to the next
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Chinese Mandarin:
門到門 /门到门
(mén dào mén)
— from one household or business to the next
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Dutch:
huis-aan-huis
— from one household or business to the next
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Dutch:
deur-aan-deur
— from one household or business to the next
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Finnish:
ovelta ovelle
— from one household or business to the next
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French:
porte à porte
— from one household or business to the next
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Galician:
de porta en porta
— from one household or business to the next
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German:
von Tür zu Tür
— from one household or business to the next
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Italian:
porta a porta
— from one household or business to the next
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Japanese:
各戸
(kakko)
— from one household or business to the next
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Latin:
ostiātim
— from one household or business to the next
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Portuguese:
de porta em porta
— from one household or business to the next
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Russian:
покварти́рно
(pokvartírno)
— from one household or business to the next
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Spanish:
de puerta en puerta
— from one household or business to the next
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Swedish:
från dörr till dörr
— from one household or business to the next
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Chinese Mandarin:
門到門 /门到门
(mén dào mén)
— from ultimate origin to ultimate destination
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Dutch:
van deur tot deur
— from ultimate origin to ultimate destination
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Finnish:
ovelta ovelle
— from ultimate origin to ultimate destination
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French:
porte à porte
— from ultimate origin to ultimate destination
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Galician:
de porta a porta
— from ultimate origin to ultimate destination
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German:
von Tür zu Tür
— from ultimate origin to ultimate destination
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Portuguese:
porta a porta
— from ultimate origin to ultimate destination
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Russian:
от две́ри к две́ри
(ot dvéri k dvéri)
— from ultimate origin to ultimate destination
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Dutch:
van deur tot deur
— from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient
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Finnish:
ovelta ovelle
— from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient
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Galician:
de porta a porta
— from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient
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Portuguese:
porta a porta
— from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient
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Russian:
сквозно́й
(skvoznój)
— from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient
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Russian:
а́дресный
(ádresnyj)
— from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient
