A1verb · intransitive · frequent

away

a·way

away · aways · awayed · awaying

To depart; to go to another placeTo depart; to go to another place.

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UK/əˈwɛj/US/əˈweɪ/

» The meeting is ten days away.

Das Treffen ist in zehn Tagen. — Zaghawa

Зустріч буде за десять днів. — deniko

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Meaning

1 senses

(Scotland, poetic)To depart; to go to another place.
At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.
I'll away up the road.

Examples

9916 sentences

The meeting is ten days away.
Зустріч буде за десять днів. — deniko
deDas Treffen ist in zehn Tagen. — Zaghawa
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The station is two miles away.
Станція знаходиться у двох мілях звідси. — deniko
ruСтанция в трёх километрах отсюда. — marafon
deDer Bahnhof ist zwei Meilen entfernt. — Dejo
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The pain has mostly gone away.
Біль майже пройшов. — aandrusiak
deDer Schmerz ist größtenteils verschwunden. — Wolf
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I recognized your voice right away.
Я відразу впізнав твій голос. — deniko
ruЯ сразу узнал твой голос. — katjka
deIch habe Ihre Stimme sofort erkannt. — raggione
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He gave away all his money.
Він роздав усі свої гроші. — deniko
ruОн отдал все свои деньги. — Balamax
deEr gab all sein Geld weg. — pne
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Origin

From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“

From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way.

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Forms

aways, awaying, awayed, awayed

Base form	away · to away
3rd person singular	aways
Present participle	awaying
Past simple	awayed
Past participle	awayed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	away
he, she, it	aways

Past simpleLesson

all persons

awayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have awayed
he, she, it	has awayed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will away

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

right away
stay away from
ran away
that right away
passed away
stay away
get away with
far away
get away
ran away from
away from the
get away from