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- Dictionaryway/weɪ/
noun
- 1. a method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action: "I hated their way of cooking potatoes" Similar
- 2. a road, track, or path for travelling along: "No. 3, Church Way"
adverb
- 1. at or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis): informal "his understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target"
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a route, direction, or path: Do you know the way to the restaurant? I've only been living in Madrid for a couple of weeks so I don't really know my way around it yet. We'll have to stop for petrol on the way to the airport. Can you find your own way out of the building?
1. a. : a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place. b. : an opening for passage. this door is the only way out of the room. 2. : the course traveled from one place to another : route. asked the way to the museum. 3. a. : a course (such as a series of actions or sequence of events) leading in a direction or toward an objective.
Way is used in expressions such as a long way, a little way, and quite a way, to say how far away something is or how far you have travelled. Some of them live in places quite a long way from here. A little way further down the lane we passed the driveway to a house.
noun. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way. characteristic or habitual manner: Her way is to work quietly and never complain. a method, plan, or means for attaining a goal: to find a way to reduce costs. Synonyms: device, scheme. a respect or particular: The plan is defective in several ways.
Define way. way synonyms, way pronunciation, way translation, English dictionary definition of way. the condition of things; how something is done or how it happens; a pathway: This is the way you get to the pool.
Definition of way noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. how something is done or how it happens. “a lonely way of life”. synonyms: fashion, manner, modality, mode, style. see more. noun. how a result is obtained or an end is achieved. “the true way to success”. synonyms: agency, means.
used to say how much of something is completed: A third of the way through the film she dies. get in the way of sth/sb. to prevent someone from doing or continuing with something: Don't let your new friends get in the way of your studies. be under way. to be already happening: Building work is already under way.
Will you come with me? I don’t know the way. route a way from one place to another that people use regularly or that is shown on a map There are two routes we could take but this is the quickest one. the overland trade route between Europe and China directions instructions on how to get to a place Let’s stop and ask someone for directions.
manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; He always answers in a polite way. a characteristic or habitual manner of acting, living, etc.:[ usually singular] Being grouchy and snappy is just his way. a method or means for gaining something or achieving a goal: found a way to save money.
