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way
noun
1 way
How something is done or how it happens:
— A lonely way of life.
synonyms: fashion, manner, mode, style.
Roget 627:
method,
way,
manner,
wise,
gait,
form,
mode,
fashion,
tone,
guise;
modus operandi,
MO;
procedure
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
path,
road,
route,
course;
line of way,
line of road;
trajectory,
orbit,
track,
beat,
tack.
steps;
stair,
staircase;
flight of stairs,
ladder,
stile;
perron†.
bridge,
footbridge,
viaduct,
pontoon,
steppingstone,
plank,
gangway;
drawbridge;
pass,
ford,
ferry,
tunnel;
pipe
etc.
260.
door;
gateway
etc.
(opening)
260;
channel,
passage,
avenue,
means of access,
approach,
adit†;
artery,
lane,
loan [Scot.],
alley,
aisle,
lobby,
corridor;
back-door,
back-stairs;
secret passage;
covert way;
vennel†.
roadway,
pathway,
stairway;
express;
thoroughfare;
highway;
turnpike,
freeway,
royal road,
coach road;
broad highway,
King's highway,
Queen's highway;
beaten track,
beaten path;
horse road,
bridle road,
bridle track,
bridle path;
walk,
trottoir†,
footpath,
pavement,
flags,
sidewalk;
crossroad,
byroad,
bypath,
byway;
cut;
short cut
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
carrefour†;
private road,
occupation road;
highways and byways;
railroad,
railway,
tram road,
tramway;
towpath;
causeway;
canal
etc.
(conduit)
350;
street
etc.
(abode)
189;
speedway.
adv..
how;
in what way,
in what manner;
by what mode;
so,
in this way,
after this fashion.
one way or another,
anyhow;
somehow or other
etc.
(instrumentality)
631;
by way of;
via;
in transitu [Lat.]
etc.
270;
on the high road to.
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Roget 26:
degree,
grade,
extent,
measure,
amount,
ratio,
stint,
standard,
height,
pitch;
reach,
amplitude,
range,
scope,
caliber;
gradation,
shade;
tenor,
compass;
sphere,
station,
rank,
standing;
rate,
way,
sort.
point,
mark,
stage
etc.
(term)
71;
intensity,
strength
etc.
(greatness)
31.
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Roget 613:
habit,
habitude;
assuetude†,
assuefaction†,
wont;
run,
way.
common state of things,
general state of things,
natural state of things,
ordinary state of things,
ordinary course of things,
ordinary run of things;
matter of course;
beaten path,
beaten track,
beaten ground.
prescription,
custom,
use,
usage,
immemorial usage,
practice;
prevalence,
observance;
conventionalism,
conventionality;
mode,
fashion,
vogue;
etiquette
etc.
(gentility)
852;
order of the day,
cry;
conformity
etc.
82;
consuetude,
dustoor†.
one's old way,
old school,
veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.];
laudator temporis acti [Lat.].
rule,
standing order,
precedent,
routine;
red-tape,
red-tapism†;
pipe clay;
rut,
groove.
cacoethes [Lat.];
bad habit,
confirmed habit,
inveterate habit,
intrinsic habit
&c.;
addiction,
trick.
training
etc.
(education)
537;
seasoning,
second nature,
acclimatization;
knack
etc.
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Dutch: mode, aanpak, manier, modus, stijl, trant, wijs, wijze
Polish: styl, stylistyka, genre, estetyka, konwencja
2 way
Thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end:
— The true way to success.
synonyms: agency, means.
Dutch: hulpmiddel, instrument, medium, middel
Polish: środek, narzędzie
3 way
A line leading to a place or point:
— Didn't know the way home.
synonym: direction.
Dutch: hoek, kant, richting
Polish: trasa, kierunek
4 way
The condition of things generally.
5 way
A course of conduct:
— We went our separate ways.
synonyms: path, way of life.
Roget 260:
hole,
foramen;
puncture,
perforation;
fontanel†;
transforation†;
pinhole,
keyhole,
loophole,
porthole,
peephole,
mousehole,
pigeonhole;
eye of a needle;
eyelet;
slot.
opening;
aperture,
apertness†;
hiation†,
yawning,
oscitancy†,
dehiscence,
patefaction†,
pandiculation†;
chasm
etc.
(interval)
198.
embrasure,
window,
casement;
abatjour†;
light;
sky light,
fan light;
lattice;
bay window,
bow window;
oriel [Arch.];
dormer,
lantern.
outlet,
inlet;
vent,
vomitory;
embouchure;
orifice,
mouth,
sucker,
muzzle,
throat,
gullet,
weasand†,
wizen,
nozzle;
placket.
portal,
porch,
gate,
ostiary†,
postern,
wicket,
trapdoor,
hatch,
door;
arcade;
cellarway†,
driveway,
gateway,
doorway,
hatchway,
gangway;
lich gate†.
way,
path
etc.
627;
thoroughfare;
channel;
passage,
passageway;
tube,
pipe;
water pipe
etc.
350;
air pipe
etc.
351;
vessel,
tubule,
canal,
gut,
fistula;
adjutage†,
ajutage†;
ostium†;
smokestack;
chimney,
flue,
tap,
funnel,
gully,
tunnel,
main;
mine,
pit,
adit†,
shaft;
gallery.
alley,
aisle,
glade,
vista.
bore,
caliber;
pore;
blind orifice;
fulgurite†,
thundertube†.
porousness,
porosity.
sieve,
cullender†,
colander;
cribble†,
riddle,
screen;
honeycomb.
apertion†,
perforation;
piercing
etc.
v.;
terebration†,
empalement†,
pertusion†,
puncture,
acupuncture,
penetration.
key
etc.
631,
opener,
master key,
password,
combination,
passe-partout.
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Dutch: leefwijze
6 way
Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.
Dutch: weg
Polish: szlak, trasa
7 way
8 way
Space for movement:
— Make way for.
synonyms: elbow room, room.
Roget 180:
space,
extension,
extent,
superficial extent,
expanse,
stretch,
hyperspace;
room,
scope,
range,
field,
way,
expansion,
compass,
sweep,
swing,
spread.
dimension,
length
etc.
200;
distance
etc.
196;
size
etc.
192;
volume;
hypervolume.
latitude,
play,
leeway,
purchase,
tolerance,
room for maneuver.
spare room,
elbow room,
house room;
stowage,
roomage†,
margin;
opening,
sphere,
arena.
open space,
free space;
void
etc.
(absence)
187;
waste;
wildness,
wilderness;
moor,
moorland;
campagna†.
abyss
etc.
(interval)
198;
unlimited space;
infinity
etc.
105;
world;
ubiquity
etc.
(presence)
186;
length and breadth of the land.
proportions,
acreage;
acres,
acres and perches,
roods and perches,
hectares,
square miles;
square inches,
square yards,
square centimeters,
square meters,
yards
(clothing)
&c.;
ares,
arpents†.
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Dutch: ruimte
Polish: miejsce
9 way
The property of distance in general.
Polish: droga
10 way
Doing as one pleases or chooses.
11 way
A general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'.
12 way
A portion of something divided into shares.
adverb
1 way
To a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States):
— Way over budget.
— Way off base.
synonym: right smart.
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