away
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "away"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇

at a distance from someone, somewhere, or something
away definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog backed away as the stranger approached.
āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
1.1

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇

at or from a great distance in space or time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He lives far away from the city.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.2

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀

at or toward a distance in time
away definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tournament is still weeks away.
1.3

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇

positioned or moving to a particular distance, often measured in space
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She stood a few steps away, watching silently.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĒāĻž āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇, āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āĻšā§€ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

in a descending direction, typically to a lower point or elevation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The path falls away just past the ridge.
āϰāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻĨāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāĻ“

from the center of thought or action, shifting focus elsewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The campaign moved away from policy and toward personality.
āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
3.1

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

to or toward a different direction, especially to avoid something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He turned away when he saw the mess.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ

in a location where something is stored or kept safe
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He stashed the cash away in a secret drawer.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻ—āĻĻ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻĄā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

so as to gradually disappear, diminish, or cease to exist
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The excitement wore away after the event was over.
āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
06

āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ

in a continuous or uninterrupted manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The baby was babbling away happily.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•āĻŦāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇

in the process of departure or movement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The train pulled away from the station.
āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
08

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

out of one's possession or control
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She threw away all the old letters.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
09

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇

at the opponent's stadium or field
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The match will be away, so we have to travel.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϚāϟāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
10

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

(baseball) toward the outer edge of the plate from the batter's viewpoint
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ball broke down and away from the lefty.
āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻŽāĻšāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
11

āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇

immediately, without delay or hesitation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ask away, I'm listening.
āĻāĻ–āύāχ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āύāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
01

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇

played at the opponent's venue rather than at home
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They've lost every away game this season.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāχ āĻŽā§ŒāϏ⧁āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻšā§‡āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇

pertaining to the team visiting and playing on their opponent's home ground
away definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fans cheered as the away team entered the field.
āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•āϰāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ, āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇

not present at a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was away for a few days and missed the meeting.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ­āĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀

situated far from a reference point in location or in the future
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lake is in an away valley most people do n't visit.
āĻšā§āϰāĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āϝāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
04

āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇

having departed or having started motion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The moment the doors opened, the away train left.
āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύāϟāĻŋ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ, āĻĻā§‚āϰ

(of a baseball pitch) directed toward the outside part of the batter's strike zone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
An away pitch can be effective in preventing powerful hitters from making strong contact.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāϚ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻšāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
5.1

āφāωāϟ, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

(baseball) indicating the current number of outs recorded against the batting team
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With one away, the pressure was building.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāωāϟ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡, āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āϜāϝāĻŧ

a sports game played at the opponent's venue, or a win in such a game
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We have two homes and one away left on the schedule.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āĻšā§€āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‹āĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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