way.
To do with a place or places.
Meaning & usage
To do with a place or places. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
Do you know the way to the airport? Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.
We lied our way through the debriefing.
To do with a place or places. A means to enter or leave a place.
We got into the cinema through the back way.
To do with a place or places. A roughly-defined geographical area.
If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
To do with a place or places. Distance in general
It's a long way from here.
Twenty miles surely is a long way to walk.
A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
He's finally seen the error of his ways.
You're going about it the wrong way. He's known for his quirky ways. I don't like the way she looks at me.
A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism. A set of values and customs associated with and seen as central to the identity of a group of people.
A state or condition
He's in a bad way.
When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.
Personal interaction. Possibility (usually in the phrases ‘any way’ and ‘no way’).
There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
Personal interaction. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
Speed, progress, momentum.
A degree, an amount, a sense.
In a significant way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
Way to ruin the moment, guys.
The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
A guiding surface on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves; usually in pairs.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wegaz Proto-West Germanic *weg Old English weġ Middle English wey English way From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wai, wäi (“way”), Saterland Frisian Wai (“way”), West Frisian wei (“road; way”), Central Franconian Wääch (“way”), Cimbrian bege, bèg (“way”), Dutch weg (“way”), German, Low German Weg (“way”), Limburgish waeg (“way”), Luxembourgish Wee (“way”), Mòcheno be (“way”), Yiddish וועג (veg, “way”), Danish vej (“way”), Faroese and Icelandic vegur (“way”), Norwegian Bokmål veg, vei (“way”), Norwegian Nynorsk veg (“way”), Swedish väg (“way”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “path; road”).
Yes; it is true; it is possible.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wegaz Proto-West Germanic *weg Old English weġ Middle English wey English way From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wai, wäi (“way”), Saterland Frisian Wai (“way”), West Frisian wei (“road; way”), Central Franconian Wääch (“way”), Cimbrian bege, bèg (“way”), Dutch weg (“way”), German, Low German Weg (“way”), Limburgish waeg (“way”), Luxembourgish Wee (“way”), Mòcheno be (“way”), Yiddish וועג (veg, “way”), Danish vej (“way”), Faroese and Icelandic vegur (“way”), Norwegian Bokmål veg, vei (“way”), Norwegian Nynorsk veg (“way”), Swedish väg (“way”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “path; road”).
To travel.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wegaz Proto-West Germanic *weg Old English weġ Middle English wey English way From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wai, wäi (“way”), Saterland Frisian Wai (“way”), West Frisian wei (“road; way”), Central Franconian Wääch (“way”), Cimbrian bege, bèg (“way”), Dutch weg (“way”), German, Low German Weg (“way”), Limburgish waeg (“way”), Luxembourgish Wee (“way”), Mòcheno be (“way”), Yiddish וועג (veg, “way”), Danish vej (“way”), Faroese and Icelandic vegur (“way”), Norwegian Bokmål veg, vei (“way”), Norwegian Nynorsk veg (“way”), Swedish väg (“way”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “path; road”).
Far.
I used to live way over there.
The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
Much, far, by a great degree.
I'm a way better singer than Emma.
I'm way too tired to do that.
Very.
I'm way tired.
String theory is way cool, except for the math.
Where this word comes from
Apheresis of away.
Extreme, far
Sitting in the way back of the bus
Where this word comes from
Apheresis of away.
A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches.
Where this word comes from
Apheresis of away.
The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
Where this word comes from
From the sound it represents, by analogy with other (velar) letters such as kay and gay.
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