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way W0064300 (wā)n.1. a. A road, path, or highway affording passage from one place to another.b. An opening affording passage: This door is the only way into the attic.2. a. Space to proceed: cleared the way for the parade.b. Opportunity to advance: opened the way to peace.3. a. A course that is or may be used in going from one place to another: tried to find the shortest way home.b. Progress or travel along a certain route or in a specific direction: on her way north.c. often ways(Used with a sing. verb) Informal Distance: The travelers have come a long way. That village is a good ways off.4. a. A course of conduct or action: tried to take the easy way out of the mess he was in.b. A manner or method of doing something: several ways of solving this problem; had no way to reach her. See Synonyms at method.c. Used with a personal pronoun as the object of various verbs to indicate progress toward an objective: elbowed his way through the crowd; talked my way into the club; worked his way into a better job.d. A usual or habitual manner or mode of being, living, or acting: the American way of life.e. An individual or personal manner of behaving, acting, or doing: Have it your own way.5. a. A specific direction: He glanced my way.b. A participant. Often used in combination: a three-way conversation.6. a. An aspect, particular, or feature: resembles his father in many ways; in no way comparable.b. Nature or category: not much in the way of a plot.7. Freedom to do as one wishes: if I had my way.8. An aptitude or facility: She certainly does have a way with words.9. A state or condition: He is in a bad way financially.10. Vicinity: Drop in when you're out our way.11. often ways A longitudinal strip on a surface that serves to guide a moving machine part.12. ways(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Nautical The structure on which a ship is built and from which it slides when launched.adv.1. Informal By a great distance or to a great degree; far: way off base; way too expensive.2. Slang Very; extremely: "Can they really make a car that's way cool?" (Fortune).3. Informal From this place; away: Go way.4. Informal Used in response to no way to indicate affirmation contradicting a negative assertion.Idioms: all the way From beginning to end; completely: drove all the way from Detroit to Pittsburgh. by the way Incidentally: By the way, you forgot to cash that check. by way of1. Through; via: flew to the Far East by way of the polar route.2. As a means of: made no comment by way of apology.go out of (one's)/the way To inconvenience oneself in doing something beyond what is required. in a way1. To a certain extent; with reservations: I like the new styles, in a way.2. From one point of view: In a way, you're right. in the way In a position to obstruct, hinder, or interfere. no way Informal Certainly not: Did you like that movie?—No way! It was boring.on (one's)/the way In the process of coming, going, or traveling: She is on her way out the door. Winter is on the way. on the way On the route of a journey: met him on the way to town; ran into them on the way. out of the way1. In such a position as not to obstruct, hinder, or interfere.2. Taken care of; disposed of: some details to get out of the way first.3. In a remote location.4. Of an unusual character; remarkable.5. Improper; amiss: said nothing out of the way. the way In the manner that: The way he talks, you'd think he ran the company. under way1. In motion or operation.2. In ongoing development; in progress.
[Middle English, from Old English weg; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]Usage Note: Way has long been an intensifying adverb meaning "to a great degree," as in way over budget. This usage is both acceptable and common but has an informal ring. Way is also used as a general intensifier, as in way cool and way depressing. This usage remains a hallmark of casual speech and is not appropriate for formal contexts. · In American English ways is often used as an equivalent of way in phrases such as a long ways to go. This usage is considered nonstandard by most editors, though it appears occasionally in less formal texts.like as">as the way1. used as conjunctionsYou can use like, as, or the way as conjunctions when you are comparing one person's behaviour or appearance to another's. In the clause which follows the conjunction, the verb is usually do. For example, you can say 'He walked to work every day, like his father had done', 'He walked to work every day, as his father had done', or 'He walked to work every day, the way his father had done'. I never behave like she does.They were people who spoke and thought as he did.Start lending things, the way people did in the war.2. used as prepositionsLike and as can be prepositions, but their meaning is not usually the same. For example, if you do something like a particular kind of person, you do it the way that kind of person would do it, although you are not that kind of person. We worked like slaves.If you do something as a particular kind of person, you are that kind of person. Over the summer she worked as a waitress.I can only speak as a married man without children.the way
the wayThe manner in which something is done. From the way the boss struts around, you'd think she was the queen of the whole dang country. I didn't really like the way he looked at me.See also: way the way In the manner that: The way he talks, you'd think he ran the company. See also: way |