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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WAY, n. [G., L.]
1. Literally, a passing; hence, a passage; the place of passing; hence, a road of any kind; a highway; a private road; a lane; a street; any place for the passing of men; cattle or other animals; a word of very comprehensive signification.
2. Length of space; as a great way; a little way.
3. Course; direction of motion or travel. What way did he take? Which way shall I go? Keep in the way of truth and knowledge.
Mark what way I make.
4. Passage; room for passing. Make way for the jury.
5. Course, or regular course.
And let eternal justice take the way.
6. Tendency to any meaning or act.
There is nothing in the words that sounds that way.
7. Sphere of observation.
The general officers and the public ministers that fell in my way--
8. Manner of doing any thing; method; means of doing. Seek the best way of learning, and pursue it.
By noble ways we conquest will prepare.
9. Method; scheme of management.
What impious ways my wishes took.
10. Manner of thinking or behavior; particular turn of opinion; determination or humor. Let him have his way, when that will not injure him, or any other person. But multitudes of children are ruined by being permitted to have their way.
11. Manner; mode. In no way does this matter belong to me. We admire a persons way of expressing his ideas.
12. Method; manner of practice. Find, if you can, the easiest way to live.
Having lost the way of nobleness.
13. Method or plan of life and conduct. Instruct your children in the right way.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Proverbs 3.
All flesh had corrupted his way. Genesis 6.
14. Course; process of things, good or bad. Things are in a prosperous way.
15. Right method to act or know.
We are quite out of the way.
16. General scheme of acting.
Men who go out of the way to hint free things, must be guilty of absurdity or rudeness.
17. Ways, plu. the timbers on which a ship is launched.
To make way, to give room for passing; or to make a vacancy.
To give way, to recede; to make room; or to yield; to concede the place or opinion to another.
To make ones way, to advance in life by efforts; to advance successfully.
By the way, en passant, as we proceed; a phrase introducing something in discourse, not immediately connected with the subject.
To go ones way, or to come ones way, to go or come along.
To go the way of all the earth, to die.
In the way, a phrase noting obstruction. What is there in the way of your success?
In Scripture, the ways of God, are his providential government, or his works. Romans 11. Job 11.
Way and ways are used in certain phrases, in the sense of wise. He is no ways a match for his antagonist.
Tis no way the interest even of the priesthood.
To be under way, in seamens language, to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. So a ship is said to have head-way, when she moves forward in her course, and stern-way, when she is driven astern. She is said also to gather way, or to lose way. Lee-way is a movement of a ship aside of her course, or to the leeward.
Milky way, in astronomy, the galaxy; a broad luminous belt or space in the heavens, supposed to be occasioned by the blended light of an immense number of stars. By means of a telescope of uncommon magnifying powers, Dr. Herschel has been able to ascertain this fact, by distinguishing the stars.
Covert way, in fortification, a passage covered from the enemys fire.
Ways and means, in legislation, means for raising money; resources for revenue.
Way-going crop, among farmers, is the crop which is taken from the ground the year the tenant leaves the farm. [England.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
2: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: means, agency, way]
3: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: direction, way]
4: the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
5: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: way, path, way of life]
6: any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
7: a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
8: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, way, elbow room]
9: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
10: doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
11: a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
12: a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the loot three ways" adv
1: 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"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" [syn: way, right smart]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan to move, Latin vehere to carry, via way Date: before 12th century 1. a. a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place b. an opening for passage <this door is the only way out of the room> 2. the course traveled from one place to another ; route <asked the way to the museum> 3. a. a course (as a series of actions or sequence of events) leading in a direction or toward an objective <led the way to eventual open heart operations — Current Biography> b. (1) a course of action <took the easy way out> (2) opportunity, capability, or fact of doing as one pleases <always manages to get her own way> c. a possible decision, action, or outcome ; possibility <they were rude—no two ways about it> 4. a. manner or method of doing or happening <admired her way of thinking>; also method of accomplishing ; means <that's the way to do it> b. feature, respect <in no way resembles her mother> c. a usually specified degree of participation in an activity or enterprise <active in real estate in a small way> 5. a. characteristic, regular, or habitual manner or mode of being, behaving, or happening <knows nothing of the ways of women> b. ability to get along well or perform well <she has a way with kids> <a way with words> 6. the length of a course ; distance <has come a long way in her studies> <still have a way to go> 7. movement or progress along a course <worked her way up the corporate ladder> 8. a. direction <is coming this way> b. participant — usually used in combination <three-way discussion> 9. state of affairs ; condition, state <that's the way things are> 10. a. plural but sometimes singular in construction an inclined structure upon which a ship is built or supported in launching b. plural the guiding surfaces on the bed of a machine along which a table or carriage moves 11. category, kind — usually used in the phrase in the way of <doesn't require much in the way of expensive equipment — Forbes> 12. motion or speed of a ship or boat through the water Synonyms: see method II. adjective Date: 1799 of, connected with, or constituting an intermediate point on a route III. adverb Date: 1849 1. a. away 7 <is way ahead of the class> b. by far ; much <ate way too much> c. very 2 <way cool> <way excited> 2. all the way <pull the switch way back>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching a place, esp. the best one (asked the way to London). 3 a place of passage into a building, through a door, etc. (could not find the way out). 4 a a method or plan for attaining an object (that is not the way to do it). b the ability to obtain one's object (has a way with him). 5 a a person's desired or chosen course of action. b a custom or manner of behaving; a personal peculiarity (has a way of forgetting things; things had a way of going badly). 6 a specific manner of life or procedure (soon got into the way of it). 7 the normal course of events (that is always the way). 8 a travelling distance; a length traversed or to be traversed (is a long way away). 9 a an unimpeded opportunity of advance. b a space free of obstacles. 10 a region or ground over which advance is desired or natural. 11 advance in some direction; impetus, progress (pushed my way through). 12 movement of a ship etc. (gather way; lose way). 13 the state of being engaged in movement from place to place; time spent in this (met them on the way home; with songs to cheer the way). 14 a specified direction (step this way; which way are you going?). 15 (in pl.) parts into which a thing is divided (split it three ways). 16 colloq. the scope or range of something (want a few things in the stationery way). 17 a person's line of occupation or business. 18 a specified condition or state (things are in a bad way). 19 a respect (is useful in some ways). 20 a (in pl.) a structure of timber etc. down which a new ship is launched. b parallel rails etc. as a track for the movement of a machine. --adv. colloq. to a considerable extent; far (you're way off the mark). Phrases and idioms: across (or over) the way opposite. any way = ANYWAY. be on one's way set off; depart. by the way 1 incidentally; as a more or less irrelevant comment. 2 during a journey. by way of 1 through; by means of. 2 as a substitute for or as a form of (did it by way of apology). 3 with the intention of (asked by way of discovering the truth). come one's way become available to one; become one's lot. find a way discover a means of obtaining one's object. get (or have) one's way (or have it one's own way etc.) get what one wants; ensure one's wishes are met. give way 1 a make concessions. b fail to resist; yield. 2 (often foll. by to) concede precedence (to). 3 (of a structure etc.) be dislodged or broken under a load; collapse. 4 (foll. by to) be superseded by. 5 (foll. by to) be overcome by (an emotion etc.). 6 (of rowers) row hard. go out of one's way (often foll. by to + infin.) make a special effort; act gratuitously or without compulsion (went out of their way to help). go one's own way act independently, esp. against contrary advice. go one's way 1 leave, depart. 2 (of events, circumstances, etc.) be favourable to one. go a person's way accompany a person (are you going my way?). have it both ways see BOTH. in its way if regarded from a particular standpoint appropriate to it. in no way not at all; by no means. in a way in a certain respect but not altogether or completely. in the (or one's) way forming an obstacle or hindrance. lead the way 1 act as guide or leader. 2 show how to do something. look the other way 1 ignore what one should notice. 2 disregard an acquaintance etc. whom one sees. one way and another taking various considerations into account. one way or another by some means. on the (or one's) way 1 in the course of a journey etc. 2 having progressed (is well on the way to completion). 3 colloq. (of a child) conceived but not yet born. on the way out colloq. going down in status, estimation, or favour; going out of fashion. the other way about (or round) in an inverted or reversed position or direction. out of the way 1 no longer an obstacle or hindrance. 2 disposed of; settled. 3 (of a person) imprisoned or killed. 4 (with neg.) common or unremarkable (nothing out of the way). 5 (of a place) remote, inaccessible. out of one's way not on one's intended route. put a person in the way of give a person the opportunity of. way back colloq. long ago. way-leave a right of way rented to another. the way of the Cross a series of paintings or representations of the events in Christ's passion, esp. in a church. way of life the principles or habits governing all one's actions etc. way of thinking one's customary opinion of matters. way of the world conduct no worse than is customary. way-out colloq. 1 unusual, eccentric. 2 avant-garde, progressive. 3 excellent, exciting. ways and means 1 methods of achieving something. 2 methods of raising government revenue. way station US 1 a minor station on a railway. 2 a point marking progress in a certain course of action etc. way-worn tired with travel. Etymology: OE weg f. Gmc: (adv.) f. AWAY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Way Way, adv. [Aphetic form of away.] Away. [Obs. or Archaic] --Chaucer. To do way, to take away; to remove. [Obs.] ``Do way your hands.'' --Chaucer. To make way with, to make away with. See under Away. [Archaic]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Way Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v["a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via, Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.] 1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine. ``To find the way to heaven.'' --Shak. I shall him seek by way and eke by street. --Chaucer. The way seems difficult, and steep to scale. --Milton. The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance. --Evelyn. 2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow. 3. A moving; passage; procession; journey. I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak. 4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance. If that way be your walk, you have not far. --Milton. And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden. 5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan. My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak. By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden. What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior. 6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas. 7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. ``Having lost the way of nobleness.'' --Sir. P. Sidney. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. --Prov. iii. 17. When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow. 8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor. The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W. Temple. 9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way. 10. (Naut.) (a) Progress; as, a ship has way. (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched. 11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves. 12. (Law) Right of way. See below. By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse. By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of. Covert way. (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered. In the family way. See under Family. In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc. In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of. Milky way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1. No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the Vocabulary. On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this country; on the way to success. Out of the way. See under Out. Right of way (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent. To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. To give way. See under Give. To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to depart or come along. --Shak. To go the way of all the earth, to die.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Way Way, v. t. To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path. [Obs.] ``In land not wayed.'' --Wyclif.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Way Way, v. i. To move; to progress; to go. [R.] On a time as they together wayed. --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ways) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to a way of doing something, you are referring to how you can do it, for example the action you can take or the method you can use to achieve it. Another way of making new friends is to go to an evening class... I worked myself into a frenzy plotting ways to make him jealous... I can't think of a worse way to spend my time... There just might be a way... 'All right, Mrs Bates,' she said. 'We'll do it your way'. N-COUNT: oft N of -ing, N to-inf 2. If you talk about the way someone does something, you are talking about the qualities their action has. She smiled in a friendly way... He had a strange way of talking... N-COUNT: usu sing, usu adj N 3. If a general statement or description is true in a particular way, this is the form of it that is true in a particular case. Computerized reservation systems help airline profits in several ways... She was afraid in a way that was quite new to her... N-COUNT: with supp, oft in N 4. You use way in expressions such as in some ways, in many ways, and in every way to indicate the degree or extent to which a statement is true. In some ways, the official opening is a formality... She described her lover as 'perfect in every way'. = respect N-COUNT: in N with supp 5. The ways of a particular person or group of people are their customs or their usual behaviour. He denounces people who urge him to alter his ways... He said he was against returning to old authoritarian ways. N-PLURAL: with supp 6. If you refer to someone's way, you are referring to their usual or preferred type of behaviour. She is now divorced and, in her usual resourceful way, has started her own business... Direct confrontation was not his way. N-SING: with poss 7. You use way to refer to one particular opinion or interpretation of something, when others are possible. I suppose that's one way of looking at it... With most of Dylan's lyrics, however, there are other ways of interpreting the words... Sometimes, the bank manager just doesn't see it your way. N-COUNT: with supp 8. You use way when mentioning one of a number of possible, alternative results or decisions. There is no indication which way the vote could go... The judge could have decided either way. N-COUNT: with supp 9. The way you feel about something is your attitude to it or your opinion about it. I'm terribly sorry–I had no idea you felt that way. N-SING: with supp 10. If you mention the way that something happens, you are mentioning the fact that it happens. I hate the way he manipulates people... You may remember the way each scene ended with someone looking pensive or significant. N-SING: the N that 11. You use way in expressions such as push your way, work your way, or eat your way, followed by a prepositional phrase or adverb, in order to indicate movement, progress, or force as well as the action described by the verb. She thrust her way into the crowd... He thought we were trying to buy our way into his company... N-SING: poss N 12. The way somewhere consists of the different places that you go through or the route that you take in order to get there. Does anybody know the way to the bathroom?... I'm afraid I can't remember the way... We're not even a third of the way there... N-COUNT: usu the N in sing, oft N to n 13. If you go or look a particular way, you go or look in that direction. As he strode into the kitchen, he passed Pop coming the other way... They paused at the top of the stairs, doubtful as to which way to go next... Could you look this way? N-SING: with supp 14. You can refer to the direction you are travelling in as your way. (SPOKEN) She would say she was going my way and offer me a lift. N-SING: poss N 15. If you lose your way, you take a wrong or unfamiliar route, so that you do not know how to get to the place that you want to go to. If you find your way, you manage to get to the place that you want to go to. The men lost their way in a sandstorm and crossed the border by mistake... N-SING: poss N 16. You talk about people going their different ways in order to say that their lives develop differently and they have less contact with each other. It wasn't until we each went our separate ways that I began to learn how to do things for myself... You go your way and I'll go mine. N-COUNT: poss N 17. If something comes your way, you get it or receive it. Take advantage of the opportunities coming your way in a couple of months... If I run into anything that might interest you, I'll send it your way. N-SING: poss N 18. If someone or something is in the way, they prevent you from moving forward or seeing clearly. 'You're standing in the way,' she said. 'Would you mind moving aside'... Get out of my way! N-SING: the/poss N, in/out of N 19. You use way in expressions such as the right way up and the other way around to refer to one of two or more possible positions or arrangements that something can have. The flag was held the wrong way up by some spectators... It's important to fit it the right way round. N-SING: with supp 20. You can use way to emphasize, for example, that something is a great distance away or is very much below or above a particular level or amount. Way down in the valley to the west is the town of Freiburg... These exam results are way above average... ADV: ADV adv/prep [emphasis] 21. If you split something a number of ways, you divide it into a number of different parts or quantities, usually fairly equal in size. The region was split three ways, between Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria... Splitting the price six ways had still cost them each a bundle. N-PLURAL: num N • Way is also a combining form. ...a simple three-way division. COMB in ADJ: ADJ n 22. Way is used in expressions such as a long way, a little way, and quite a way, to say how far away something is or how far you have travelled. Some of them live in places quite a long way from here... A little way further down the lane we passed the driveway to a house... N-SING: a N, usu supp N 23. Way is used in expressions such as a long way, a little way, and quite a way, to say how far away in time something is. Success is still a long way off... August is still an awfully long way away. N-SING: a N, usu supp N 24. You use way in expressions such as all the way, most of the way and half the way to refer to the extent to which an action has been completed. He had unscrewed the caps most of the way... When was the last time you listened to an album all the way through? N-SING: predet/quant the N 25. You use all the way to emphasize how long a distance is. He had to walk all the way home... PHRASE: usu PHR after v, oft PHR adv/prep [emphasis] 26. You can use all the way to emphasize that your remark applies to every part of a situation, activity, or period of time. Having started a revolution we must go all the way... PHRASE: PHR after v [emphasis] 27. If someone says that you can't have it both ways, they are telling you that you have to choose between two things and cannot do or have them both. Countries cannot have it both ways: the cost of a cleaner environment may sometimes be fewer jobs in dirty industries... PHRASE: V inflects 28. You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of. (SPOKEN) The name Latifah, by the way, means 'delicate'... By the way, how did your seminar go? = incidentally PHRASE: PHR with cl 29. You use by way of when you are explaining the purpose of something that you have said or are about to say. For example, if you say something by way of an introduction, you say it as an introduction. 'I get very superstitious about things like that,' she said by way of explanation. PREP-PHRASE: PREP n 30. If someone changes their ways or mends their ways, they permanently improve their behaviour or their way of doing something. What can be done to encourage convicted offenders to change their ways? = reform PHRASE: V inflects 31. If you clear the way, open the way, or prepare the way for something, you create an opportunity for it to happen. The talks are meant to clear the way for formal negotiations on a new constitution... The decision could open the way for other children to sue their parents. PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR for n 32. If you say that someone takes the easy way out, you disapprove of them because they do what is easiest for them in a difficult situation, rather than dealing with it properly. It is the easy way out to blame others for our failure. PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR [disapproval] 33. You use either way in order to introduce a statement which is true in each of the two possible or alternative cases that you have just mentioned. The sea may rise or the land may fall; either way the sand dunes will be gone in a short time. PHRASE: PHR with cl 34. If you say that a particular type of action or development is the way forward, you approve of it because it is likely to lead to success. ...people who genuinely believe that anarchy is the way forward... PHRASE: usu v-link PHR [approval] 35. If someone gets their way or has their way, nobody stops them doing what they want to do. You can also say that someone gets their own way or has their own way. She is very good at using her charm to get her way. PHRASE: V inflects 36. If one thing gives way to another, the first thing is replaced by the second. First he had been numb. Then the numbness gave way to anger... PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n 37. If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing. The hook in the ceiling had given way and the lamp had fallen blazing on to the table. PHRASE: V inflects 38. If you give way to someone or something that you have been resisting, you stop resisting and allow yourself to be persuaded or controlled by them. (WRITTEN) It seems the President has given way to pressure from the hardliners... = give in, yield PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to n 39. If a moving person, a vehicle, or its driver gives way, they slow down or stop in order to allow other people or vehicles to pass in front of them. (BRIT; in AM, use yield) Give way to traffic coming from the left. PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to n 40. If you say that someone or something has a way of doing a particular thing, you mean that they often do it. Bosses have a way of always finding out about such things. PHRASE: V inflects, PHR -ing 41. If you say that a person has a way with something or someone, you mean that that person seems to have a natural skill or instinct for dealing with them. (mainly SPOKEN) Constance doesn't have a way with words like you do... PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n [approval] 42. You use in no way or not in any way to emphasize that a statement is not at all true. A spokesman insisted the two events were 'in no way related'... PHRASE [emphasis] 43. If you say that something is true in a way, you mean that although it is not completely true, it is true to a limited extent or in certain respects. You use in a way to reduce the force of a statement. In a way, I suppose I'm frightened of failing... It made things very unpleasant in a way. PHRASE: PHR with cl [vagueness] 44. If you say that someone gets in the way or is in the way, you are annoyed because their presence or their actions stop you doing something properly. 'We wouldn't get in the way,' Suzanne promised. 'We'd just stand quietly in a corner.' PHRASE: V inflects 45. To get in the way of something means to make it difficult for it to happen, continue, or be appreciated properly. She had a job which never got in the way of her leisure interests. PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR of n 46. If you know your way around a particular subject, system, or job, or if you know your way about it, you know all the procedures and facts about it. He knows his way around the intricate maze of European law... PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n 47. If you lead the way along a particular route, you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go. She grabbed his suitcase and led the way. PHRASE: V inflects 48. If a person or group leads the way in a particular activity, they are the first person or group to do it or they make the most new developments in it. Sony has also led the way in shrinking the size of compact-disc players. PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR in -ing/n 49. If you say that someone or something has come a long way, you mean that they have developed, progressed, or become very successful. He has come a long way since the days he could only afford one meal a day. PHRASE: have inflects, oft PHR since n 50. You can use by a long way to emphasize that something is, for example, much better, worse, or bigger than any other thing of that kind. It was, by a long way, the worst meeting I have ever attended... PHRASE: PHR with cl, compar/superl PHR [emphasis] 51. If you say that something is a long way from being true, you are emphasizing that it is definitely not true. She is a long way from being the richest person in Britain... PHRASE: v-link PHR n/-ing [emphasis] 52. If you say that something goes a long way towards doing a particular thing, you mean that it is an important factor in achieving that thing. Although by no means a cure, it goes a long way towards making the patient's life more tolerable. PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR towards/to -ing/n 53. If you say that someone has lost their way, you are criticizing them because they do not have any good ideas any more, or seem to have become unsure about what to do. Why has the White House lost its way on tax and budget policy? PHRASE: V inflects [disapproval] 54. When you make your way somewhere, you walk or travel there. He made his way home at last. PHRASE: V inflects, PHR prep/adv 55. If one person or thing makes way for another, the first is replaced by the second. He said he was prepared to make way for younger people in the party... PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR for n 56. If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen. There was absolutely no way that we were going to be able to retrieve it. PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR that [emphasis] 57. You can say no way as an emphatic way of saying no. (INFORMAL) Mike, no way am I playing cards with you for money... PHRASE [emphasis] 58. You use in the way of or by way of in order to specify the kind of thing you are talking about. Latvia is a country without much in the way of natural resources... Meetings held today produced little in the way of an agreement... The man with whom she maintains a relationship provides nothing by way of support. PHRASE: PHR n, usu amount/n PHR n 59. If you are on your way, you have started your journey somewhere. He has been allowed to leave the country and is on his way to Britain... By sunrise tomorrow we'll be on our way. PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR prep/adv 60. If something happens on the way or along the way, it happens during the course of a particular event or process. You may have to learn a few new skills along the way. PHRASE 61. If you are on your way or well on your way to something, you have made so much progress that you are almost certain to achieve that thing. I am now out of hospital and well on the way to recovery. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR to n/-ing 62. If something is on the way, it will arrive soon. The forecasters say more snow is on the way... She is married with twin sons and a third child on the way. PHRASE: v-link PHR, with/have n PHR 63. You can use one way or another or one way or the other when you want to say that something definitely happens, but without giving any details about how it happens. You know pretty well everyone here, one way or the other. PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR with cl [vagueness] 64. You use one way or the other or one way or another to refer to two possible decisions or conclusions that have previously been mentioned, without stating which one is reached or preferred. We've got to make our decision one way or the other... I didn't really care one way or another. PHRASE: PHR after v 65. You use the other way around or the other way round to refer to the opposite of what you have just said. You'd think you were the one who did me the favor, and not the other way around. PHRASE 66. If something or someone is on the way out or on their way out, they are likely to disappear or to be replaced very soon. There are encouraging signs that cold war attitudes are on the way out... PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 67. If you go out of your way to do something, for example to help someone, you make a special effort to do it. He was very kind to me and seemed to go out of his way to help me. PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to-inf 68. If you keep out of someone's way or stay out of their way, you avoid them or do not get involved with them. I'd kept out of his way as much as I could... He warned the army to stay out of the way of the relief effort. PHRASE: V inflects 69. When something is out of the way, it has finished or you have dealt with it, so that it is no longer a problem or needs no more time spent on it. The plan has to remain confidential at least until the local elections are out of the way... PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v 70. If you go your own way, you do what you want rather than what everyone else does or expects. In school I was a loner. I went my own way. PHRASE: V inflects 71. You use in the same way to introduce a situation that you are comparing with one that you have just mentioned, because there is a strong similarity between them. There is no reason why a gifted aircraft designer should also be a capable pilot. In the same way, a brilliant pilot can be a menace behind the wheel of a car. = likewise PHRASE: PHR with cl 72. You can use that way and this way to refer to a statement or comment that you have just made. Some of us have habits few people know about and we keep it this way... We have a beautiful city and we pray it stays that way... PHRASE: PHR after v, adj PHR 73. You can use that way or this way to refer to an action or situation that you have just mentioned, when you go on to mention the likely consequence or effect of it. Keep the soil moist. That way, the seedling will flourish... PHRASE: PHR with cl 74. If an activity or plan is under way, it has begun and is now taking place. A full-scale security operation is now under way... The court case got under way last autumn. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 75. Every which way and any which way are used to emphasize that something happens, or might happen, in a lot of different ways, or using a lot of different methods. (AM; also BRIT INFORMAL) He re-ran the experiment every which way he could... PHRASE: PHR after v, oft PHR cl [emphasis] 76. Every which way is used to emphasize that things move in a lot of different directions or are arranged in a lot of different positions. (AM; also BRIT INFORMAL) ...cars parked every which way. PHRASE: PHR after v [emphasis] 77. to see the error of your ways: see error

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

wa ('orach, orcha', 'erets, bo', derekh, halikhah, ma`galah, nathibh; hodos, parodos, poreia, tropos; "highway," mecillah, meclul; diexodoi ton hodon): The list just cited contains only a portion of the words translated "way" or "highway" in the King James Version. Most of them have the primary meaning of "road," "customary path," "course of travel" (Ge 3:24; Ex 23:20; Nu 20:17, etc.). By a very easy and natural figure "way" is applied to the course of human conduct, the manner of life which one lives (Ex 18:20; 32:8; Nu 22:32; 1Sa 8:3; 1Ki 13:33, etc.; Ac 14:16; 1Co 4:17; Jas 5:20). "The way of an eagle .... of a serpent .... of a ship .... and of a man" (Pr 30:19) agree in that they leave no trace behind them (compare The Wisdom of Solomon 5:10,11). In some cases the language may be such as to leave it indeterminate whether the way or course of conduct is good or bad (De 28:29; 1Sa 18:14; 2Ch 27:7; Job 13:15; Pr 3:6; 6:6; Jas 1:8), though in most cases the Bible writers attach to every act an ethical evaluation. Sometimes this way of conduct is of purely human choice, without reference to either God or good (Jud 2:19; Job 22:15; 34:21; Ps 119:9; Pr 12:15; 16:2). Such a course is evil (2Ch 7:14; Ps 1:6; 119:101,104,128; Pr 1:19, etc.) and will obtain such punishment as its lack of merit warrants (1Ki 8:32,39; 2Ch 6:23; Job 30:12; 34:11; Jer 17:10; Ezk 7:3,9; Ho 12:2). At the opposite extreme from this is the good way (Ps 1:6; Pr 8:20; 12:28; 15:10; Isa 26:7), which is that course of conduct enjoined by God and exemplified in His perfect conduct (Ge 6:12; 18:19; De 8:6; 26:17; 1Ki 2:3; Job 23:11; Ps 51:13, etc.). These two ways briefly but graphically described by the Lord (Mt 7:13,14; compare Lu 13:24) became the subject of extended catechetical instruction in the early church. See the Epistle of Barnabas, xviii, and the Didache i.1. Frequently the way in this metaphorical sense is characterized by that quality which is its outstanding feature, e.g. mention is made of the way of life (Pr 15:24; Jer 21:8; Ac 2:28); of truth (Ps 119:30; 2Pe 2:2); of peace (Isa 59:8; Lu 1:79; Ro 3:17); of justice (Pr 17:23; Da 4:37); of righteousness (Mt 21:32; 2Pe 2:21); of salvation (Ac 16:17); of lying (Ps 119:29), and of death (Jer 21:8). Frequently God's purpose or His customary action is described as His way (Ps 103:7; Isa 26:8; Mt 22:16; Ac 13:10). Since all of God's plans and purposes tend toward man's salvation, His provisions to this end are frequently spoken of as His Way, and inasmuch as all of the divine plans center in Christ He is preeminently the Way (Joh 14:6). Out of this fact grew the title, "The Way," one of the earliest names applied to Christianity (Ac 9:2; 18:25,26; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:22).

The word highway is used to denote a prominent road, such a one for example as was in ancient times maintained for royal travel and by royal authority. It is always used in the literal sense except in Pr 15:19; 16:17, where it is a course of conduct.

See also PATH, PATHWAY.

W. C. Morro

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Passage, march, advance, progression. 2. Road, path, route, course, track, street, highway, highroad, room for passing, opportunity to pass, passage. 3. Method, mode, manner, fashion. 4. Space, distance, interval. 5. Custom, usage, habit, habitude, practice, wont, second nature, regular course, habitual method, plan of conduct, mode of dealing. 6. Scheme, device, means by which anything is reached. 7. Course, direction of motion, tendency of action. 8. Determined course, resolved mode of action. 9. (Naut.) Progress.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	WAY
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	AEA
FAA District	HAR
State	PA
State	PENNSYLVANIA
County	GREENE
County State	PA
City Name	WAYNESBURG
Full Name	GREENE COUNTY
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"WAYNESBURG, PA 15370"
Elevation	1065
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	CINCINNATI
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	E
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	031
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	003
Based Ultralight aircraft	002
Air Taxi	000152
General Aviation, Local Operations	011096
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	003344
Military Aircraft Operations	000608
Latitude	39.9000750000
Longitude	-80.1331166667
State FIPS code	42
State Postal Code	PA
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	2
Version	09

Moby Thesaurus

ability, access, ache to, action, actions, activity, acts, address, adit, admission, advance, advancement, advancing, aesthetic distance, affectation, aim, aim at, air, air lock, air space, alley, ambition, ample scope, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, application, apply for, approach, ardor, area, arrangement, art, artery, ask, ask for, asking, attack, automatism, avenue, azimuth, bad habit, bag, be desirous of, be dying to, bearing, beg leave, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, bent, bespeak, blank check, blueprint, blueprinting, body-build, bon ton, boulevard, brand, breed, burn to, byway, calculation, call for, capacity, capital, career, carriage, carte blanche, cast, catch, channel, character, characteristic, characteristics, charting, choice, choose, choose to, class, clearance, command, command of language, compass, complexion, comportment, composition, conation, conatus, conception, concupiscence, conduct, conduit, conformity, constituents, 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