awayadverb
uk/əˈweɪ/us/əˈweɪ/away adverb (SOMEWHERE ELSE)
A2 somewhere else, or to or in a different place, position, or situation:
Ms Watson is away on holiday until the end of the week.
Keep/Stay away from him.
Just go away and leave me alone!
The sight was so horrible that I had to look/turn away.
The recent flood has swept away the footbridge.
I've given away all my old clothes to charity.
UK Would you like your burger to eat in or take away?
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- The police went after him but he got away.
- The couple next door moved away last year.
- He made a sudden movement and frightened the bird away.
- He looked away from the computer screen to rest his eyes.
- The letter blew away and I had to run after it.
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Separateness and isolation in space
- apart
- atomistic
- atomized
- bitty
- cloistered
- distance
- distance yourself from sth
- divorced
- freely
- give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
- hermetically sealed
- loose
- loosely
- parted
- privacy
- private
- purdah
- unattached
- uninhabited
- untethered
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away adverb (DISTANT)
A2 at a distance (of or from here):
How far away is the station?
The office is a half-hour drive away.
We live five kilometres away from each other.
Life's so much quieter away from the city.
informal Oh, it's miles away (= a long distance from here).
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- I don't like the idea of living so far away from my family.
- The explosion was of such intensity that it was heard five miles away.
- The nearest town is ten miles away.
- The museum is just six blocks away.
- Is the station far away?
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Distant in space and time
- (in) the middle of nowhere idiom
- afar
- afield
- all/the four corners of the world/earth idiom
- anywhere
- as far as the eye can/could see idiom
- beaten
- far
- further
- furthermost
- furthest
- light year
- light years away idiom
- lonely
- middle
- remotely
- the back of beyond idiom
- virtually
- wide
- you're getting colder idiom
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away adverb (INTO PLACE)
B1 in or into the usual or a suitable place, especially one that can be closed:
Would you put the ice cream away in the freezer?
My grandparents had £800 hidden away in an old shoe box.
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- I told the children to put their toys and games away.
- Put that knife away before someone gets hurt.
- All the folders have been carefully numbered and filed away.
- The diamonds are shut away in a bank vault somewhere.
- At a word from their teacher, the children started to tidy away their books.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Separateness and isolation in space
- apart
- atomistic
- atomized
- bitty
- cloistered
- distance
- distance yourself from sth
- divorced
- freely
- give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
- hermetically sealed
- loose
- loosely
- parted
- privacy
- private
- purdah
- unattached
- uninhabited
- untethered
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away adverb (GONE)
B2 gradually until mostly or completely gone:
All the snow had melted away.
The music faded away as the procession moved slowly up the street.
We used to while away (= spend) the weekends at my aunt's house in the country.
We danced the night away (= until the night was over).
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- Haitian strongman Duvalier could feel his power slipping away.
- The sound of his footsteps gradually died away.
- He could feel his strength ebbing away.
- As the years passed, the memories faded away.
- He gambled away all of our savings.
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Slow and moving slowly
- at a snail's pace idiom
- by and by idiom
- by degrees idiom
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- clunky
- drift
- float
- hang around
- in ones and twos idiom
- inch by inch idiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- jog
- labour
- slowpoke
- sluggish
- snail
- steadily
- steady
- struggle
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Complete and whole
away adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
B1 in the future:
My English exam's only a week away and I haven't even started to prepare.
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- We're having a holiday in August, but that seems a long way away.
- Christmas is only two months away.
- The announcement of the winner is just a few minutes away now.
- Don't worry about your driving test yet - it's weeks away.
- With the concert only a few days away, the band are practising hard.
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In the future & soon
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead
- all in good time idiom
- anon
- ASAP
- come
- in for sth idiom
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) idiom
- later
- long
- someday
- sometime
- soon
- sooner or later idiom
- the days/week(s)/year(s) to come idiom
- then
- yet
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away adverb (CONTINUOUSLY)
C2 continuously or repeatedly, or in a busy way:
I was still writing away when the exam finished.
Chris has been working away in the garden all day.
We were chatting away at the back and didn't hear what he said.
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- She was singing away to herself as she worked.
- They were hammering away at the door.
- They were just chatting away while the fire raged around them.
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Continuous & permanent
- abiding
- ad infinitum
- around-the-clock
- be
- bounce
- ceaseless
- fluidity
- here to stay idiom
- immanent
- imperishable
- incessant
- indelible
- inextinguishable
- nagging
- perpetuity
- persistence
- persistent
- round-the-clock
- seamless
- trot
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awayadjective
uk/əˈweɪ/us/əˈweɪ/C1 An away match or game is played at an opposing team's sports ground:
We lost the away game but won both home games.
UK Everton unveiled their new yellow-and-blue away strip (= clothing worn by a team at away games).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Competing in sport
- amateur
- attack
- bring
- bring sb on
- bye
- bye week
- catch up
- contention
- contest
- cup-tied
- field
- go in for sth
- partner
- run
- sideline
- square off
- step/move up a gear idiom
- try out for sth
- versus
- vs
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