WAY
\wˈe͡ɪ], \wˈeɪ], \w_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of WAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
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a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
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any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
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doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
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how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
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the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
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a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
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a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways"
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to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on"
By Princeton University
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how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
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a manner of performance; "a manner of living"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a way of life"
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(informal) to a great degree or by a great distance; very much; "way over budget"; "way off base"; "right smart" is regional (US S and Midland) as in"the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on"
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a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
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any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
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doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
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a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Away.
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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.
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Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
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A moving; passage; procession; journey.
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Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
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The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
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Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
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Sphere or scope of observation.
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Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
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Progress; as, a ship has way.
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The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
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Right of way. See below.
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To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
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To move; to progress; to go.
By Oddity Software
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Away.
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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.
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Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
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A moving; passage; procession; journey.
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Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
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The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
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Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
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Sphere or scope of observation.
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Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
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Progress; as, a ship has way.
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The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
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Right of way. See below.
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To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
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To move; to progress; to go.
By Noah Webster.
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Away.
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A path; course; track; road; channel.
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Distance; direction.
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A method of procedure; manner; style; plan; particular.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A road; route for passage; direction; as, turn this way; distance; method; habitual mode of life; set in one's ways; detail or respect; as, in other ways the plan was good; will; room or space.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Passage: road: length of space: distance: direction: manner of life: advance in life: general manner of acting: means: manner: will.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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