way

noun

\ ˈwā

Definition of way

(Entry 1 of 3)

1a : a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place

b : an opening for passage this door is the only way out of the room

2 : the course traveled from one place to another : route asked the way to the museum

3a : a course (such as a series of actions or sequence of events) leading in a direction or toward an objective led the way to eventual open heart operations — Current Biography

b(1) : a course of action took the easy way out

(2) : opportunity, capability, or fact of doing as one pleases always manages to get her own way

c : a possible decision, action, or outcome : possibility they were rude—no two ways about it

4a : manner or method of doing or happening admired her way of thinking also : method of accomplishing : means that's the way to do it

b : feature, respect in no way resembles her mother

c : a usually specified degree of participation in an activity or enterprise active in real estate in a small way

5a : characteristic, regular, or habitual manner or mode of being, behaving, or happening knows nothing of the ways of women

b : ability to get along well or perform well she has a way with kids a way with words

6 : the length of a course : distance has come a long way in her studies still have a way to go

7 : movement or progress along a course worked her way up the corporate ladder

8a : direction is coming this way

b : participant —usually used in combination three-way discussion

9 : state of affairs : condition, state that's the way things are

10a ways plural in form but sometimes singular in construction : an inclined structure upon which a ship is built or supported in launching

b ways plural : the guiding surfaces on the bed of a machine along which a table or carriage moves

11 : category, kind —usually used in the phrase in the way of doesn't require much in the way of expensive equipment — Forbes

12 : motion or speed of a ship or boat through the water

all the way

: to the full or entire extent : as far as possible ran all the way home seated all the way in the back

by the way

: by way of interjection or digression : incidentally

by way of

1 : for the purpose of

2 : by the route through : via

in a way

1 : within limits : with reservations

2 : from one point of view

in one's way or less commonly in the way

1 : in a position to be encountered by one : in or along one's course an opportunity had been put in my way— Ellen Glasgow

2 : in a position to hinder or obstruct

on the way or on one's way

: moving along in one's course : in progress

out of the way

1 : wrong, improper didn't know I'd said anything out of the way

2a : in or to a secluded place

b : unusual, remarkable there's nothing out of the way about the plan

3 : done, completed got his homework out of the way

the way

1 : in view of the manner in which you'd think she was rich, the way she spends money

2 : like, as we have cats the way other people have mice— James Thurber

way

adjective

Definition of way (Entry 2 of 3)

: of, connected with, or constituting an intermediate point on a route

way

adverb

Definition of way (Entry 3 of 3)

1 informal

a : by a long distance : to a considerable degree or extent : far is way ahead of the class sat way in the back row

b : by far : much ate way too much that's way too expensive

c : very sense 1 way cool way excited

2 : all the way pull the switch way back

from way back

: of long standing friends from way back

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Synonyms: Noun

arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard, carriageway [British], drag, drive, expressway, freeway, high road

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