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US
/ˈweɪ/
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[ UK /wˈeɪ/ ]
[ UK /wˈeɪ/ ]
NOUN
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a course of conduct
the path of virtue
our paths in life led us apart
genius usually follows a revolutionary path
we went our separate ways -
the property of distance in general
he went a long ways
it's a long way to Moscow -
the condition of things generally
that's the way it is
I felt the same way -
doing as one pleases or chooses
if I had my way -
a journey or passage
they are on the way -
a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'
they didn't have much in the way of clothing -
a line leading to a place or point
he looked the other direction
didn't know the way home -
a portion of something divided into shares
they split the loot three ways -
any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
he said he was looking for the way out -
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
a means of control
an example is the best agency of instruction
the true way to success -
space for movement
make way for
hardly enough elbow room to turn around
room to pass -
how something is done or how it happens
in the characteristic New York style
their nomadic mode of existence
a lonely way of life
her dignified manner
in an abrasive fashion
his rapid manner of talking
ADVERB
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to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)
way off base
the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on
way over budget
How To Use way In A Sentence
- While on the way thither she fell in with a polacre-rigged ship flying the The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)
- Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
- Three tall memorial archways inscribed with Chinese characters stand outside the temple.
- It sparked to life in the second act, when the symbolism gave way to themes of lust and sexual temptation.
- People in no way adhere to regular social conventions online. Times, Sunday Times
- I just know that one beer bash was fine, two was tolerable, and the third was just a way to eat up time on Memorial Day.
- The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II)
- So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken. Book XXII
- What do a few lives matter now if we can find new, unpolluted territories and new ways to survive? THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
- Mr Smith said the department's own funds, which have bankrolled major improvements in the naval service, had been well tapped and it was now time to explore new ways of funding.