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door to door en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of door-to-door.

Forms

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D2D alternative, initialism lexicographic

door to door en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (metonymically, not-comparable) From one household or business to the next.
    • He sold magazine subscriptions at inflated prices door to door.
    • He carried the petition door to door, collecting signatures.
    • Selling door to door is the best training - and test - for a new salesman.
  2. (metonymically, not-comparable) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.
    • The trip takes sixteen hours door to door.
  3. (metonymically, not-comparable, qualifier:by further extension) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination. ▸ From shipper to recipient.
    • The express company could only handle shipments door to door on the West Coast, needing others to reach the rest of the country.
  4. (metonymically, not-comparable, qualifier:by further extension) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination. ▸ From inception to final completion.
    • It was purely a CIA operation, door to door.

Forms

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D2D alternative, initialism lexicographic

Translations (29)

nl van deur tot deur (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · fr porte à porte (from one household or business to the next) · nl deur-aan-deur (from one household or business to the next) · nl huis-aan-huis (from one household or business to the next) · es de puerta en puerta (from one household or business to the next) · ru покварти́рно (from one household or business to the next) · cmn 門到門 /门到门 (from one household or business to the next) · it porta a porta (from one household or business to the next) · de von Tür zu Tür (from one household or business to the next) · cmn 門到門 /门到门 (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · la ostiātim (from one household or business to the next) · pt de porta em porta (from one household or business to the next) · ru сквозно́й (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · de von Tür zu Tür (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · fi ovelta ovelle (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · fr porte à porte (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · pt porta a porta (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · fi ovelta ovelle (from one household or business to the next) · ja 各戸 (from one household or business to the next) · nl van deur tot deur (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · fi ovelta ovelle (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · gl de porta a porta (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · pt porta a porta (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · hy դռնեդուռ (from one household or business to the next) · sv från dörr till dörr (from one household or business to the next) · gl de porta en porta (from one household or business to the next) · ru от две́ри к две́ри (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · gl de porta a porta (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · ru а́дресный (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient)