a method of doing something or accomplishing; a means
the manner in which something appears or happens or is typically done
don't like the way he looks
a characteristic or habitual manner of behaving or happening
the ways of the world
are set in their ways
a feature or respect
useful in more ways than one
a course leading in a direction or towards an objective
the easy way out
the course of one's life
He put opportunities in my way
what one desires, or wants to do
get their own way
a usu specified degree of participation in an activity or enterprise
is a writer in a small way
a category or kind
is all right in its way
a road or path
I live across the way
an opening for moving in or out
the way in
space or room, esp for forward movement
am in the way
the course to be travelled from one place to another; a route
asked the way to the station
the length of a course; a distance
a long way from home
an advance accompanied by or achieved through a specific action
is working his way through college
(often in combination) a direction or side
a one-way street
the other way up
is coming this way
the other way up
a one-way street
(in pl) used adverbially to denote a specified number of participants
split the money four ways
informal the area in which one lives, or the direction of this
Call if you are down my way
a state of affairs; a condition or state
the way things are
(in pl)
an inclined structure on which a ship is built or supported in launching
the guiding surfaces on the bed of a machine along which a table or carriage moves
motion or speed of a ship or boat through the water
usu used to introduce or to comment on the introduction of a new subject; incidentally
to be considered as; as a sort of
by way of light relief
by the route through; via
in the form of
money by way of grants
to get what one wants
to be good at dealing with (people, animals, etc)
to be charming, esp persuasively charming
from one point of view; to some extent
in the form of
not much in the way of food
informal under no circumstances
taking everything into consideration; on balance
somehow; by any possible means
informal about to disappear, go out of fashion, be dismissed, etc
while moving along a course; in the course of travelling
coming or approaching
informal said of a child: conceived but not yet born
unusual or remarkable
in or to a secluded or remote place
done or completed
in progress; started
chiefly NAmer an exclamation of approval or encouragement