way

/weɪ/

Reviewed on

Also an adverb

Meaning

  1. A method or manner of doing something.

    • She found an efficient way to organize the laboratory data.

  2. A route, path, or direction that leads to a place.

    • He stopped at the gas station to ask for the quickest way to town.

  3. A particular distance or period of time.

    • The hotel is still a long way down this highway.

  4. A specific aspect, detail, or respect.

    • In many ways, the revised proposal is stronger than the original draft.

  5. Free and unobstructed space for movement or progress.

    • The crowd cleared a way through the lobby for the paramedics.

Collocations

  • best way
  • find a way
  • one way or another
  • lose one's way
  • a long way
  • in some ways
  • make way

Synonyms

Idioms

  • by the way

    used to introduce a new or incidental topic

    By the way, did you receive the revised schedule this morning?

  • have one's way

    to get what one wants despite opposition

    The negotiator fought hard to have his way during the contract talks.

  • out of the way

    no longer an obstacle or finished

    Once the final inspection is out of the way, the clinic can open.