ways

Meaning of ways

suffix
  1. forming adjectives and adverbs of direction or manner.
    edgeways
    lengthways
plural noun
  1. 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
  2. a road, track, or path for travelling along.
    No. 3, Church Way
  3. parts into which something divides or is divided.
    the national vote split three ways
  4. a person's occupation or line of business.
  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.

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

Information about ways

  • The singular form of ways is: way.
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Hyphenation of ways

ways

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • ways is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

ways synonyms

Meaning shipway:

shipway, slipway

Meaning a particular procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one:

method

Meaning a systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce something:

process

Meaning an established or official way of doing something:

procedure

Meaning a skilful or efficient way of doing or achieving something:

technique

Meaning a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized scheme or method:

system

Meaning a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something:

plan

Meaning a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim:

strategy

Meaning a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect:

scheme

Meaning an action or system by which a result is achieved; a method:

means

Meaning a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery:

mechanism

Meaning a sequence of actions regularly followed:

routine

Meaning a way in which a thing is done or happens:

manner

Meaning a way of dealing with a situation or problem:

approach

Meaning a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination:

route

Meaning a particular course or direction taken or followed:

road

Anagrams of ways

sway, yaws

Words that rhyme with ways

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