way 
way (wā)
noun
- a means of passing from one place to another, as a road, highway, street or path the Appian Way
- room or space for passing; free area; an opening, as in a crowd or traffic clear a way for the ambulance
- a route or course that is or may be used to go from one place to another: often used in combination highway, railway, one-way street
- a specified route or direction on the way to town
- a path in life; course or habits of life or conduct to fall into evil ways
- a course of action; method or manner of doing something do it this way
- a means to an end; method a way to cut costs
- a usual or customary manner of living, acting, or being the way of the world
- a characteristic manner of acting or doing to learn the ways of other people
- manner or style to have a pleasant way
- distance a long way off
- direction of movement or action go this way; look this way
- respect; point; particular; feature to be right in some ways
- what one desires; wish; will to have or get one's own way
- range or scope, as of experience a method that never came in his way
- relationship as to those taking part: used in hyphenated compounds a four-way conversation
- Informal a (specified) state or condition to be in a bad way
- Informal a district; locality; area out our way
- Law, Now Rare right of way (sense )
- Mech. a surface or slide on which the carriage of a lathe, etc. moves along its bed
- Naut. a ship's movement or momentum through water
- Shipbuilding a timber framework on which a ship is built and along which it slides in launching
Etymology: ME < OE weg, akin to Ger < IE base *weĝh-, to go > L vehere, to carry, ride, Gr ochos, wagon
adverb
Informal away; far; to a considerable extent or at some distance way behind
by the way
- incidentally
- on or beside the way
by way of
- passing through; through; via
- as a way, method, mode, or means of
- Chiefly Brit. in the condition or position of by way of being a fine pianist
come someone's way
- to come within someone's scope or range; come to someone
- Informal to turn out successfully for someone
give way
- to withdraw; yield
- to break down; collapse
give way to
- to step aside for; yield to
- to give free expression to to give way to tears
go all the way
☆- Informal to proceed or agree completely
- Slang to engage in sexual intercourse
go out of the way
or go out of one's wayto inconvenience oneself; do something that one would not ordinarily do, or that requires extra or deliberate effort or trouble
in the way
in such a position or of such a nature as to obstruct, hinder, impede, or prevent
lead the way
to be a guide or example
make one's way
- to advance or proceed
- to advance in life or succeed, as by one's own efforts
make way
- to make room; clear a passage
- to make progress
on the way out
- becoming unfashionable, obsolescent, etc.
- dying
out of the way
- in a position so as not to hinder or interfere
- disposed of
- not on the right or usual route or course
- improper; wrong; amiss
- unusual; uncommon
parting of the ways
an ending of a relationship as because of a disagreement
see one's way clear
- to be willing (to do something)
- to find it convenient or possible
take one's way
Old Poet. to go on a journey; travel
the way
according to the way that; as with things the way they are
under way
- moving; advancing; making progress
- Naut.
way
n.
Road
Course
alternative, direction, progression, trend, tendency, distance, space, extent, bearing, orbit, approach, passage, route, gateway, entrance, access, door, gate, channel. Means
method, mode, means, plan, technique, design, system, procedure, process, measure, contrivance, stroke, step, move, action, idea, outline, plot, policy, instrument. Manner
form, fashion, gait, tone, guise, habit, custom, usage, behavior, style.
by the way
by way of
get out of the<strong> or </strong>one's way
go one's own way
give way (to)
in the way
lead the way
make one's way
make way
draw back, pull back, give way, withdraw;
make headway, move right along, get somewhere.
on the way out
out of the way
disposed of, terminated, taken out;
hard to get to, off the beaten track, in the country, rural, tucked away.
parting of the ways
see one's way clear
under way
Preposition: of
- life: Democracy is not about numbers, it is a way of life.
- living: The only authentic and genuine way of living is that which is freely chosen by the individual themselves.
- working: The Trust's way of working is based on the principle ' by schools for schools ' .
Converse of object
- find: The speakers also seemed to find a way of picking up Forth FM whilst the lecturer was trying to speak.
- pave: We hope that Kellogg's cash rewards will help pave the way for future British success, " he added.
- go: A little fun goes a long way " Despite what you may have heard, fun is not dead.
- lead: This then led the way for the website design.
- explore: The Lift New Parliament project is a chance to explore ways to have a better discussion between architects and non-architects.
- suggest: A support booklet inside the video case clearly outlines the key messages and suggests ways that school management can use the video with staff.
Adjective modifier
- same: In the same way, words don't describe things.
- different: They also see the same website in different ways.
- good: The best way to keep your children safe in the garden is to stay with them at all times.
- long: We are a long way from a single " life science industry " .
- easy: Here's our guide to moving house the easy way.
- effective: Much most effective way to limit calorie intake, therefore, is to reduce the fat content of the diet.
Modifies a noun
- round: Any apology should have been the other way round.
- home: Time to make your way home or extend your holiday in Bled.
- thing: It turned up everywhere where anybody was trying to describe the way things work in nature.. .
Noun used with modifier
It seems to me if they ain't got you one way they got you another. So what's the answer? That's what I keep asking myself.What's it all about? Know what I mean?
All the way with LBJ.
But that's always the way; it don't make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for him anyway.
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.
A journey is like a marriage. The certainway to be wrong is to think you control it.
For there is no friend like a sister In calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands.
Delightthyself also inthe L, and heshall givetheethe desires of thine heart.Commit thy way unto the L; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
It's a damned long, dark, boggy, dirty, dangerous way.
Tous les jours, a' tous points de vue, je vais de mieux en mieux. Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lpondereth the hearts.
Ich solle niemals anders verfahren, als so, dass ich auch wollen k o« nne, meine Maxime solle ein allgemeines Gesetz werden. I ought never to act except in such a way that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law.
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
I am going a long way With these thou se'stöif indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt)ö To the island-valley of Avilion; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crowed with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way; And oft as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Wish me luck, as you wave me goodbyeö Cheerio, here I go, on my way.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Ein philosophisches Problem hat die Form: 'Ich kenne mich nicht aus'. A philosophical problem has the form: 'I don't know my way about'.
The philosophy which isso important in each of us isnot a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.
Okie use'ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're a dirty son-of-a-bitch.Okie means you're scum. Don'mean nothing itself, it's the way they say it.
A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.
Search me,O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Long is the way And hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
I have come to the borders of sleep, The unfathomable deep Forest, where all must lose Their way, however straight Or winding, soon or late; They cannot choose.
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
Ithink Isaid'All menare Jews excepttheydon't know it.'I doubt I expected anyone to take the statement literally. But I think it's an understandable statement and a metaphoric way of indicating how history, sooner or later, treats all men.
In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.
The one certain way for a woman to hold a man is to leave him for religion.
'Good-morning; good-morning!'the General said When we met him last weekon our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine. 'He's a cheery old card,'grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack.
So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankensteinömore, far more, will I achieve; treading the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscapes on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds.
Medio tutissimus ibis. You will go most safely by the middle way.
But when a man who sees the world one way becomes Barker theslave of a manwho interpretstheworld inexactly the opposite way, the result is, to my mind, the worst possible kind of slavery.
It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is most commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
Speak now, and I will answer; How shall I help you, say; Ere to the wind's twelve quarters I take my endless way. 415
Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the grey trout lies asleep, Up the river and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me.
Yet the order of the acts is planned And the end of the way inescapable. I am alone; all drowns in the Pharisees' hypocrisy.
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
I did not come all this way not to interfere.
Asthe climbing up a sandy way isto the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
Der Krieg findet immer einen Ausweg. War always finds a way. Brezhnev
Well, maybe like Casy says, a fellowain't got a soul of his own, but on'ya piece of a big oneöan thenö Then it don'matter. Then I'll be all aroun' in the dark. I'll be everywhereöwherever you look.Wherever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.Wherever they's a cop beatin'up aguy,I'll bethere.If Casyknowed, why,I'll be inthewayguysyell whenthey'remad an'öI'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an'they know supper's ready. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they buildöwhy, I'll be there. See?
Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla. The way is long if one follows precepts, but short and helpful, if one follows patterns.
God be merciful untous, and blessus; and causehis face to shine upon us; Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the peoplepraisethee,OGod; let all thepeople praisethee.
I am going the way of all the earth.
Igothewayofall theearth: bethoustrong therefore,and shew thyself a man.
There be triple ways to take, of the eagle or the snake, Or the way of a man with a maid; But the sweetest way to me is a ship's upon the sea In the heel of the North-East Trade.
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools shall not err therein.
Make thy way plain before my face.
Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town; Thou didst betray me to a lingering book, And wrap me in a gown.
The way to keep weeds from overwhelming you is to deal with them constantly and in their early stages.
Success is feminine and like a woman; if you cringe beforeher shewill override you. Sotheway totreat her is to show her the back of your hand. Then maybe she will do the crawling.
The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried byan orphan boy, The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
She looked at me the way you'd look at a chessman if it made its own move.
Before us lay a painful road, And guidance have I sought in duteous love From Wisdom's heavenly Father. Hence hath flowed Patience, with trust that, whatsoe'er the way Each takes in this high matter, all may move Cheered with the prospect of a brighter day.
Music and women Icannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
God tells me how he wants this music playedöand you get in his way.
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