path

CEFRA2

/pɑːθ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A way or track for walking or moving from one place to another.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A course taken.

Examples

  • The path leads directly to the river.

  • There's a secret path on the left.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [pʰaθ]
  • [pʰeəθ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A metaphorical course or route; progress.

  2. A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.

  3. A method or direction of proceeding.

More examples

In context

  • You've been properly led up the garden path.

  • Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there.

  • Use the network path \\Marketing\Files to find the documents you need.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). The Proto-Germanic term is possibly borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from the root *pent- (“to pass”), but this is disputed. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Paad, Pad (“path”), West Frisian paad (“path”), Dutch pad (“path”), German Pfad (“path”), German Low German Padd (“path”), Luxembourgish Pad (“path”). Indo-Iranian cognates could be Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊, “way”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /⁠paθi⁠/), Hindi पथ (path), Sanskrit पन्था (panthā, “path”). See al...