way
Meaning of way
noun
- a method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action.
I hated their way of cooking potatoes
there are two ways of approaching this problem
- a road, track, or path for travelling along.
No. 3, Church Way
- parts into which something divides or is divided.
the national vote split three ways
- a person's occupation or line of business.
- forward motion or momentum of a ship or boat through water.
the dinghy lost way and drifted towards the shore
- a sloping structure down which a new ship is launched.
- at or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis).
his understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target
my grandchildren are way ahead of others their age
Old English weg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weg and German Weg, from a base meaning ‘move, carry’.
suffix
equivalent to -ways.
Information about way
- The plural form of way is: ways.
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Hyphenation of way
way
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- way is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
way synonyms
Meaning manner:
Meaning means:
Meaning path:
Meaning direction:
Meaning room:
Meaning a particular procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one:
Meaning a systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce something:
Meaning an established or official way of doing something:
Meaning a skilful or efficient way of doing or achieving something:
Meaning a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized scheme or method:
Meaning a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something:
Meaning a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim:
Meaning a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect:
Meaning a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery:
Meaning a sequence of actions regularly followed:
Meaning a way of dealing with a situation or problem:
Meaning a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination:
Meaning a particular course or direction taken or followed:
Translation of way
- German: Methode, Vorgehensweise, Weg, Sitte, Brauch
- Spanish: método, manera, modo, vía, hábito, costumbre, forma, procedimiento
- French: méthode, procédé, manière, coutume, mode, façon
- Italian: metodo, procedimento, modo, maniera, uso, costume, abitudine, consuetudine
- Portuguese: métodos, costume, costumes, modo
Anagrams of way
Words that rhyme with way
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