Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable)The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.

    I stood by the doorway to watch her go.

    Türöffnung

    дверно́й проёмdvernój projóm

    дверни́й о́твірdvernýj ótvir, дверни́й про́різdvernýj próriz

    the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

  2. (countable, figuratively)An opening or passage in general.

    Soon after dawn, he came to the doorway of my tent.

Examples

72 sentences
  1. Tom paused in the doorway.

    Том зупинився у дверному отворі.

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  2. Tom was standing in the doorway.

    ruТом стоял в дверном проёме.

    deTom stand in der Türöffnung.

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  3. Tom is standing in the doorway.

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  4. I saw Tom in the doorway.

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  5. A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.

    dePlötzlich tauchte ein Mann an der Tür auf.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
passage of a door:
Русский
By meaning 1
passage of a door:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
passage of a door:

Origin

From door + way.

From door + way.

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Forms

plural: doorways
Singulardoorway
Pluraldoorways

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close:doorroom accessthreshold

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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