way
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative spellings
- waye (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Old English weg. Cognate with Dutch weg, German Weg, Swedish väg, Latin vehere, via.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: wā, IPA: /weɪ/, SAMPA: /weI/
- Audio (UK)help, file
- Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophones: weigh, wey, whey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
[edit] Noun
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way (plural ways)
- A path.
- An unspecified distance.
- 1912 Jack Judge and Henry "Harry" James Williams, a marching and music hall song, It`s a Long Way to Tipperary, popularized esp. by British troops in World War One:
- It`s a long way to Tipperary, / it`s a long way to go.
- 1912 Jack Judge and Henry "Harry" James Williams, a marching and music hall song, It`s a Long Way to Tipperary, popularized esp. by British troops in World War One:
- A method of doing something.
- The means to navigate a path.
- Possiblility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
- (paganism) 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.
- (nautical) ways the sloping structures on which ships are built and launched
[edit] Quotations
- (means to navigate a path): "Do you know the way to San Jose?" [song title and lyric, Bacharach and David]
- (a tradition within Heathenry): 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)
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from way
[edit] Translations
wide path
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method
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means
[edit] Adverb
way (not comparable)
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- (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
- I'm way too tired to do that.
- I'm a way better singer than she.
- (slang, with positive adjective) very.
- I'm way tired
[edit] Translations
much — see much (adverb)
very
[edit] Anagrams
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[edit] Noun
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