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   way

   /weɪ/

   noun

   • 1. a method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action: "I hated their way of cooking potatoes" Similar methodcourse of actionprocessproceduretechniquesystemplanstrategyschememeansmechanismroutinemannerapproachrouteroadmodus operandi
   • ▪ one's characteristic or habitual manner of behaviour or expression: "it was not his way to wait passively for things to happen" Similar mannerstylefashionmodemethodpracticewonthabitcustomcharacteristicpolicyprocedureconventionfashionuseroutineruletraitattributemannerismpeculiarityidiosyncrasyoddityconductbehaviourmannerstylenaturepersonalitytemperamentdispositioncharactermodus operandimodus vivendiformal:praxis
   • ▪ the customary behaviour or practices of a group: "my years of acclimatization to British ways"
   • ▪ the typical manner in which something happens or in which someone or something behaves: "he was showing off, as is the way with adolescent boys"
   • ▪ a particular aspect of something; a respect: "I have changed in every way" Similar aspectregardfacetrespectsensefeaturedetailpointparticularcharacteristicquestionconnection
   • ▪ a specified condition or state: "the family was in a poor way" Similar stateconditionsituationcircumstancespositionpredicamentplightinformal:shape
   • 2. a road, track, or path for travelling along: "No. 3, Church Way"
   • ▪ a course of travel or route taken in order to reach a place: "can you tell me the way to Leicester Square?" Similar roadroadwaystreetthoroughfaretrackpathpathwaylaneavenuedrivechannelroutecoursedirection
   • ▪ a specified direction of travel or movement: "we just missed another car coming the other way" Similar directionbearingcourseorientationlineruntack
   • ▪ a means of entry or exit from somewhere, such as a door or gate: "I nipped out the back way" Similar doordoorwaygateexitentranceentryportalroute
   • ▪ a distance travelled or to be travelled; the distance from one place to another: "they still had a long way ahead of them" Similar distancelengthstretchjourneyextentspaceintervalspangapseparation
   • ▪ a period between one point in time and another: "September was a long way off" Similar period of timetimestretchtermspanduration
   • ▪ travel or motion along a particular route; the route along which someone or something would travel if unobstructed: "Christine tried to follow but Martin blocked her way"
   • ▪ used with a verb and adverbial phrase to intensify the force of an action or to denote movement or progress: "I shouldered my way to the bar"
   • ▪ a particular area or locality: informal "the family's main estate over Maidenhead way" Similar localityneighbourhoodareadistrictlocalequartercommunityregionzonepartinformal:neck of the woodspartsmanorhoodnabe
   • 3. parts into which something divides or is divided: "the national vote split three ways"
   • 4. a person's occupation or line of business. formal Scottish
   • 5. forward motion or momentum of a ship or boat through water: "the dinghy lost way and drifted towards the shore"
   • 6. a sloping structure down which a new ship is launched.

   adverb

   • 1. at or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis): informal "his understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target"
   • ▪ much: informal "I was cycling way too fast"
   • ▪ extremely; really (used for emphasis): informal "the guys behind the bar were way cool"

   Word Origin Old Englishweg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weg and German Weg, from a base meaning ‘move, carry’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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