way in English
- way⇄adv. (Informal.)1. at or to a great distance; far.
Ex. The cloud of smoke stretched way out to the pier.
2. at or to a great degree; much.
Ex. He is way behind the times. This dress is way too big for her. - way⇄bridle trail orway,bridle path.
- way⇄expr. (in) the worst way, (Informal.) very much.
Ex. That poor family needs help in the worst way. He lacks experience in business but wants to succeed in it in the worst way. - way⇄expr. all the way, without reservation; completely.
Ex. The new principal asked the teachers and students to go all the way with him in improving the school. - way⇄expr. by the way,
a. while coming or going; on the road; during a journey.
Ex. We stopped by the way to eat.
b. (Figurative.) in passing; in that connection; incidentally.
Ex. By the way, have you read the book we are discussing - way⇄expr. by way of,
a. by the route of; through; via.
Ex. He went to India by way of Japan.
b. (Figurative.) as; for; for the purpose of; to serve as.
Ex. a summary given by way of introduction. By way of an answer he just nodded. - way⇄expr. come (or fall) one's way, to happen to one.
Ex. That was a wonderful experience; I didn't expect it to fall my way. - way⇄expr. come a long way, to accomplish much; make great progress.
Ex. For a couple of country boys, they have come a long way in the business world. - way⇄expr. every which way, (Informal.) in all directions; in disorder.
Ex. children with hair and clothes every which way. Wires led every which way from the truck to the Mansion (New Yorker). - way⇄expr. find one's way,
a. to make one's way by observation, search, or inquiry.
Ex. He finally found his way home.
b. to come to a place by natural course or by force of circumstances.
Ex. The river finds its way to the sea. The - way⇄expr. give way,
a. to make way; retreat; yield.
Ex. to give way to superior forces. We have adhered to quality and not given way to the cry for the production of construction (London Times).
b. to break down or fail, as health, streng - way⇄expr. go a long way, to help very much.
Ex. A little less preoccupation with ... sectional interests would go for a long, long way towards getting us out of the present economic mess (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - way⇄expr. go out of the way, to make a special effort.
Ex. The government still seems to be going out of its way to court unpopularity about money for the universities (New Scientist). - way⇄expr. have a way with, to be persuasive or successful with.
Ex. He had a way with and an eye for the ladies (Time). - way⇄expr. in a way, to some extent.
Ex. He is handsome in a way. In a way it's better you came late. - way⇄expr. in the way of,
a. in a favorable position for doing or getting.
Ex. He put me in the way of a good investment.
b. in the matter or business of; as regards.
Ex. We have a small stock in the way of hats. - way⇄expr. in the way, being an obstacle, hindrance, or annoyance.
Ex. He is cast as an irritating gadfly, standing in the way of Lloyd George's efforts to win a peace that would give Germany its just due (Saturday Review). - way⇄expr. know one's way around, to be completely familiar with.
Ex. [They] really know their way around a roulette table (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - way⇄expr. look the other way, to turn aside so as not to see something; pretend unawareness.
Ex. What the statistics did not show was the thousands of times the police simply looked the other way (Time). - way⇄expr. lose one's way, not to know any longer where one is.
Ex. She lost her way in the streets of London. - way⇄expr. make one's way,
a. to go.
Ex. It was in despair of reaching Italy that the young scholar [Erasmus] made his way to Oxford (John Green).
b. to get ahead; succeed.
Ex. He made his way rapidly in the world of finance. - way⇄expr. make way,
a. to give space for passing or going ahead; make room.
Ex. Automobiles must make way for a fire engine. If a young man sees his mother-in-law coming along the path, he must retreat into the bush and make way for her (Gouldsb - way⇄expr. no way, (U.S. Informal.) under no circumstances.
Ex. None of these conditions will ever get any better. (""No way,"" as they keep saying ...) (New Yorker). - way⇄expr. on the way, coming; getting closer.
Ex. Help is on the way. New machines to do farm work are on the way. The country is well on the way to industrialization. - way⇄expr. once in a way, occassionally.
Ex. Now I like this kind of thing once in a way (Anthony Trollope). - way⇄expr. out of the way,
a. so as not to be an obstacle, hindrance, or annoyance.
Ex. We moved the fallen tree out of the way.
b. far from where most people live or go.
Ex. The farm lies so much out of the way that we had a hard ti - way⇄expr. pave the way, to make ready; prepare.
Ex. Parents can do much in advance to pave the way for a smooth transition from home to camp for a child (New York Times). - way⇄expr. pick one's way, to move with great care and caution over treacherous ground or a difficult situation.
Ex. One has to crawl through narrow passages ... pick his way down sharp descents (Scientific American). - way⇄expr. rub the right way, to please; pacify.
Ex. It is impossible to rub him the right way when he is in such a state. - way⇄expr. rub the wrong way, to annoy; irritate.
Ex. They rub everybody the wrong way because of their clear implication that ... doctors are incompetent (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). - way⇄expr. see one's way, to be willing or able.
Ex. He did not see his way clear to allow their names to remain upon the register (Law Times). - way⇄expr. stroke the wrong way,
a. to stroke (an animal) in a direction contrary to that in which the fur naturally lies.
Ex. The kitten doesn't mind being stroked the wrong way.
b. (Figurative.) to ruffle or irritate (a person), as by go - way⇄expr. take one's way, to set out; go.
Ex. She took her way sadly and slowly down the pier (Joseph Ashby-Sterry). - way⇄expr. under way, going on; in motion; in progress.
Ex. The committee finally got its plans under way. ... their obstinate failure to recognize, even after it was well under way, the rise and domination of Prussia (Edmund Wilson). - way⇄expr. ways, timbers on which a ship is built and launched.
Ex. to slide a ship down the ways. - way⇄noun 1. form or mode of doing; manner; style; fashion.
Ex. a new way of cooking, a new way of treating a disease. She is wearing her hair in a new way.
(SYN) mode.
2. a method; means.
Ex. Doctors are using new ways of preventing - way⇄way, noun, adverb.
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