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Meaning of 'way' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Way [ adv.]
- Away.
2 . Way [ n.]
- That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.
- Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
- A moving; passage; procession; journey.
- Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
- The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
- Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
- Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
- Sphere or scope of observation.
- Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
- Progress; as, a ship has way.
- The timbers on which a ship is launched.
- The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
- Right of way. See below.
3 . Way [ v. i.]
- To move; to progress; to go.
4 . Way [ v. t.]
- To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.

Meaning of 'way' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . way [ n]
Meaning (1):
- how something is done or how it happens
Example in sentence:
  • a lonely way of life;
  • her dignified manner;
  • his rapid manner of talking;
  • in an abrasive fashion;
  • in the characteristic New York style;
  • their nomadic mode of existence
Meaning (2):
- thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
Example in sentence:
  • a means of control;
  • an example is the best agency of instruction;
  • the true way to success
Meaning (3):
- a line leading to a place or point
Example in sentence:
  • didn't know the way home;
  • he looked the other direction
Meaning (4):
- a course of conduct
Example in sentence:
  • genius usually follows a revolutionary path;
  • our paths in life led us apart;
  • the path of virtue;
  • we went our separate ways
Meaning (5):
- space for movement
Example in sentence:
  • hardly enough elbow room to turn around;
  • make way for;
  • room to pass
Meaning (6):
- any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
Example in sentence:
  • he said he was looking for the way out
Meaning (7):
- the property of distance in general
Example in sentence:
  • he went a long ways;
  • it's a long way to Moscow
Meaning (8):
- the condition of things generally
Example in sentence:
  • I felt the same way;
  • that's the way it is
Meaning (9):
- doing as one pleases or chooses
Example in sentence:
  • if I had my way
Meaning (10):
- a journey or passage
Example in sentence:
  • they are on the way
Meaning (11):
- a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'
Example in sentence:
  • they didn't have much in the way of clothing
Meaning (12):
- a portion of something divided into shares
Example in sentence:
  • they split the loot three ways
13 . way [ r]
Meaning (13):
- to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)
Example in sentence:
  • the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on;
  • way off base;
  • way over budget

Nearby Words:

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