way - Definition & Meaning | Lingo Dictionary

way

a passage used for walking, riding, or drivinga passage used for walking, riding, or driving

Examples

They live on Oak Way.
Turn left at Church Way.
The narrow way led to the village.

Synonyms

direction road track route path way

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way

Plural

ways

1

a passage used for walking, riding, or driving

They live on Oak Way.
Turn left at Church Way.
The narrow way led to the village.
They strolled down the quiet way.
His car was parked along the main way.

Synonyms:

direction road track route path

2

a procedure or approach used to achieve something

There are several ways to solve this equation.
He has an unusual way of painting that draws attention.
We must find a better way to manage our time.
Meditation is one way to reduce stress.
They debated the most effective way to teach grammar.

Synonyms:

fashion manner style technique mode method

3

a consistent or characteristic manner in which someone acts or expresses themselves

It's not her way to give up easily.
He has a quiet way of asserting himself.
That's just his way, always helping others.
She changed her way after the accident.
His way of speaking made him sound more confident.

4

a facet or regard in which something can be considered

In every way, she was the better candidate.
The two designs are similar in many ways.
He was right in more ways than one.
I've changed in every possible way.
In some ways, this plan is better.

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the physical, emotional, or general status of a person or thing

The house was in a bad way after the storm.
He's been in a strange way since the incident.
The patient is in no way fit to travel.
She looked to be in a good way today.
The economy is in a worrying way.

Synonyms:

status state condition

6

an opening or route for entering or leaving a place

Let's use the side way to avoid traffic.
He blocked the only way out.
They escaped through the back way.
The door is the fastest way in.
She waited at the front way.

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used with certain verbs to stress movement, effort, or force in a direction

He pushed his way to the front.
She laughed her way through the meeting.
They worked their way up the ranks.
He cut his way through the jungle.
She danced her way across the room.

8

an approximate location or surrounding area

Do you know anyone out Fayetteville way?
We were down your way last weekend.
He lives somewhere up Maine way.
I haven't been out that way in years.
There's not much happening this way.

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a measure of time separating two points

Summer is still a long way off.
Retirement seems a long way away.
The deadline is a short way off.
That memory feels a long way behind me.
Her birthday is just a little way away.

Synonyms:

way of life path

10

a share or portion into which something is divided

They split the bill three ways.
The vote went five ways.
Divide the cake both ways.
The inheritance was divided four ways.
The prize money was shared equally all ways.

11

forward or backward motion of a vessel on the water

The boat gained way quickly.
The dinghy lost way near the shore.
The ship gathered way slowly.
They waited until the yacht made way.
Without wind, the boat had no way.

12

a ramp or structure from which a boat is set afloat

The ship slid down the ways.
Workers cleared the ways before the launch.
The vessel was built on the upper ways.
Spectators gathered near the ways.
The launch went smoothly off the ways.

Synonyms:

shipway slipway