way

Definitions


[weɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action
(e.g: I hated their way of cooking potatoes)

- a road, track, or path for travelling along
(e.g: No. 3, Church Way)

- parts into which something divides or is divided
(e.g: the national vote split three ways)

- a person's occupation or line of business

- forward motion or momentum of a ship or boat through water
(e.g: the dinghy lost way and drifted towards the shore)

- a sloping structure down which a new ship is launched


Phrases:
- across the way
- be on one's way
- by a long way
- by the way
- by way of
- come one's way
- find a way
- get one's own way
- give way
- go all the way
- go one's own way
- go one's way
- go out of one's way
- go someone's way
- have a long way to go
- have a way with
- have a way with one
- have it your way
- have one's way with
- in a way
- in more ways than one
- in no way
- in one's way
- in the way
- in the way of
- keep out of someone's way
- lead the way
- make one's way
- my way or the highway
- on the way
- on the way out
- one way and another
- out of one's way
- out of the way
- put someone in the way of
- stand in the way of
- that way
- the other way round
- the way forward
- the way of the Cross
- the way of the world
- to one's way of thinking
- way back when
- way of life
- way to go!
- ways and means

Origin:
Old English weg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weg and German Weg, from a base meaning ‘move, carry’


[weɪ], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- at or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis)
(e.g: his understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target)


Phrases:
- across the way
- be on one's way
- by a long way
- by the way
- by way of
- come one's way
- find a way
- get one's own way
- give way
- go all the way
- go one's own way
- go one's way
- go out of one's way
- go someone's way
- have a long way to go
- have a way with
- have a way with one
- have it your way
- have one's way with
- in a way
- in more ways than one
- in no way
- in one's way
- in the way
- in the way of
- keep out of someone's way
- lead the way
- make one's way
- my way or the highway
- on the way
- on the way out
- one way and another
- out of one's way
- out of the way
- put someone in the way of
- stand in the way of
- that way
- the other way round
- the way forward
- the way of the Cross
- the way of the world
- to one's way of thinking
- way back when
- way of life
- way to go!
- ways and means

Origin:
Old English weg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weg and German Weg, from a base meaning ‘move, carry’




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