ways

See also: -ways

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /weɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪz

Noun

ways

1. plural of way

Noun

ways (construed as singular)

1. (informal, usually preceded by a) A distance.
   • 2007, Aryn Kyle, The God of Animals, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416533249, page 41:

     “We still have a ways to go with patterns.”

     “You still have a ways to go with everything,” I told him.

References

• ways in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: forms · complete · access · #950: ways · grave · serious · possession

Anagrams

• sway
• yaws