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

01

āĻĒāĻĨ, āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž

a passage used for walking, riding, or driving
way definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Turn left at Church Way.
āϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇-āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
1.1

āĻĒāĻĨ, āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž

a trip, voyage, or movement from one place to another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We had a tiring way ahead of us, but the view made it worthwhile.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.2

āĻĒāĻĨ, āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž

the physical stretch between one place and another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's quite a way from here.
āĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇āĨ¤
1.3

āĻĒāĻĨ, āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž

a clear route enabling passage from one point to another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He stood in the way.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.4

āĻĒāĻĨ, āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž

a particular course or path followed during travel
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We lost our way in the woods.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
1.5

āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•, āĻĒāĻžāĻļ

a side or direction from which something comes or toward which something goes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were walking this way when I saw them.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ, āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ

a procedure or approach used to achieve something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He has an unusual way of painting that draws attention.
āϤāĻžāρāϰ āφāρāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
2.1

āĻĒāĻĨ, āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ

a means or agency by which something is achieved or made possible
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The letter served as a way to express what she could n't say in person.
āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϏ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
03

āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ, āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ

a consistent or characteristic manner in which someone acts or expresses themselves
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He has a quiet way of asserting himself.
āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
3.1

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻž, āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ

the habits or traditions typical of a people or culture
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The book explores the ways of ancient tribes.
āĻŦāχāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āωāĻĒāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•, āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ

a facet or regard in which something can be considered
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The two designs are similar in many ways.
āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻ•āχ āϰāĻ•āĻŽāĨ¤
05

āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϞ

the physical, emotional, or general status of a person or thing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's been in a strange way since the incident.
āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
06

āĻĒāĻĨ, āĻĒāĻĨ

an opening or route for entering or leaving a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He blocked the only way out.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāĻĨ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āĻĒāĻĨ, āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ

used with certain verbs to stress movement, effort, or force in a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She laughed her way through the meeting.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
08

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, āφāĻļ⧇āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇

an approximate location or surrounding area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We were down your way last weekend.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
09

āĻĒāĻĨ, āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ

a measure of time separating two points
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Retirement seems a long way away.
āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
10

āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āĻ­āĻžāĻ—

a share or portion into which something is divided
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vote went five ways.
āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
11

āĻĒāĻĨ, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋ

forward or backward motion of a vessel on the water
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dinghy lost way near the shore.
āĻĄāĻŋāĻ™āĻŋ āϤ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤
12

āĻĒāĻĨ, āύ⧌āĻ•āĻž āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹

a ramp or structure from which a boat is set afloat
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Workers cleared the ways before the launch.
āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāϪ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇

at or to a great distance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cabin is way up in the mountains.
āϕ⧇āĻŦāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āϖ⧁āĻŦ, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•

used to emphasize the amount or intensity of something
way definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting ran way longer than expected.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ!, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāχ!

used in response to "no way" to indicate that something is true, possible, or can happen
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That 's possible; way.
āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ; āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāχāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

subway
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LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ