Meaning

17 senses
  1. To do with a place or places.

    A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.

    Do you know the way to the airport? Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.

    We lied our way through the debriefing.

    Weg

    путьputʹ, доро́гаdoróga

    шляхšljax, доро́гаdoróha, путьputʹ

    any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

  2. A means to enter or leave a place.

    We got into the cinema through the back way.

    путьputʹ

  3. A roughly-defined geographical area.

    If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.

  4. Distance in general

    It's a long way from here.

    Twenty miles surely is a long way to walk.

    the property of distance in general

  5. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.

    He's finally seen the error of his ways.

    You're going about it the wrong way. He's known for his quirky ways. I don't like the way she looks at me.

    Weise, Art, Methode

    спо́собspósob, путьputʹ, ме́тодmétod

    спо́сібspósib

    doing as one pleases or chooses

  6. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.

    (usually)A set of values and customs associated with and seen as central to the identity of a group of people.

  7. A state or condition

    He's in a bad way.

    When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.

    the condition of things generally

  8. Personal interaction.

    Possibility (usually in the phrases ‘any way’ and ‘no way’).

    There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.

  9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.

    My little sister always whines until she gets her way.

    a course of conduct

  10. (Germanic)A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.

    To walk the Way of the Runes, you must experience the runes as they manifest both in the part of Midgard that lies outside yourself and the worlds within. (Diana Paxson)

  11. (uncountable)Speed, progress, momentum.

  12. A degree, an amount, a sense.

    In a significant way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.

Examples

15267 sentences
  1. I like the way you smile.

    Мені подобається, як ти посміхаєшся.

    ruМне нравится, как ты улыбаешься.

    deIch mag deine Art, zu lächeln.

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  2. Will you step this way, please?

    Прошу сюди.

    deHier entlang, bitte.

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  3. Don't look at me that way.

    Не дивись так на мене.

    ruНе смотри на меня так.

    deSchau mich nicht so an.

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  4. I like the way you walk.

    Мені подобається твоя хода.

    ruМне нравится твоя походка.

    deIch mag die Art, wie du läufst.

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  5. I met Tom on the way.

    Я зустрів Тома по дорозі.

    ruПо пути я встретил Тома.

    deIch habe Tom unterwegs getroffen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
road, direction, path:
method or manner:
Русский
By meaning 2
road, direction, path:
method or manner:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
road, direction, path:
method or manner:

Origin

From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Pr

From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via.

Apheresis of away.

From the sound it represents, by analogy with other (velar) letters such as kay and gay.

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Forms

plural: ways
Singularway

uncountable

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

311 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the same way
  • there's no way
  • on his way
  • like the way
  • way to do
  • on my way
  • best best way
  • same way
  • that the way
  • no way
  • way home
  • best way to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
way — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto