Meaning

3 senses
  1. (figuratively)To make progress.

    He was starting to make his way in the world.

  2. To progress through the water.

  3. To give place or step aside.

More definitions
  • get out of the way

Examples

230 sentences
  1. I made my way through the crowd.

    Я проклав свій шлях крізь натовп.

    ruЯ проложил свой путь через толпу.

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  2. We've made way too many errors.

    ruМы наделали слишком много ошибок.

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  3. We made way too many mistakes.

    ruМы наделали слишком много ошибок.

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  4. We've made way too many mistakes.

    ruМы наделали слишком много ошибок.

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  5. I've made way too many mistakes.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

Originally nautical.

Originally nautical.

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Forms

makes way, making way, made way, made way
Base formmake way · to make way
3rd person singularmakes way
Present participlemaking way
Past simplemade way
Past participlemade way

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymake way
he, she, itmakes way

Past simpleLesson

all personsmade way

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave made way
he, she, ithas made way

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill make way

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedunder way

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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