way

CEFRA1

/weɪ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A method, direction, or route for doing or reaching something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To do with a place or places.

Examples

  • She finished the race way ahead of the other runners.

  • This is always the way it has been.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [wæɪ]
  • [wɛj]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.

  2. A means to enter or leave a place.

  3. A roughly-defined geographical area.

More examples

In context

  • You are in my way.

  • Do you know the way to the airport? Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut. It's a long way from here.

  • Twenty miles surely is a long way to walk.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wai, wäi (“way”), Saterland Frisian Wai (“way”), West Frisian wei (“road; way”), Central Franconian Wääch (“way”), Cimbrian bege, bèg (“way”), Dutch weg (“way”), German, Low German Weg (“way”), Limburgish waeg (“way”), Luxembourgish Wee (“way”), Mòcheno be (“way”), Yiddish וועג (veg, “way”), Danish vej (“way”), Faroese and Icelandic vegur (“way”), Norwegian Bokmål veg, vei (“way”), Norwegian Nynorsk veg (“way”), Swedish väg (“way”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “path; road”).