The word way is a noun

путь, способ, сторона, дорога, метод, далеко, значительно, чересчур

существительное ↓

наречие ↓

прилагательное

- промежуточный (по пути куда-л.); расположенный по пути

междометие

- тпру!

Словосочетания

the way to boost the economy — способ поднять экономику  
to bridge one’s way — медленно, но верно двигаться вперёд  
cable way — канатная дорога, фуникулёр  
to carve one’s way — пробивать себе дорогу  
to see which way the cat jumps, to wait for the cat to jump — ждать, откуда ветер подует  
to behave in a cat-and-mouse way — вести себя как кошка с мышкой  
to cutlass one’s way — прорубать, прокладывать себе дорогу с помощью сабли  
the wrong way about — задом наперёд, шиворот-навыворот, не с того конца  
the other way about — прямо наоборот  
in a detached way — невозмутимо  

Примеры с переводом

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): way
мн. ч.(plural): ways

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: wā, IPA^(key): /weɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: weigh, wey, whey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via.

Alternative forms[edit]

• waye, waie (both obsolete)

Noun[edit]

way (plural ways)

1. (heading) To do with a place or places.
   1. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.

      Do you know the way to the airport?  Come this way and I’ll show you a shortcut.  It’s a long way from here.

      • 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

        The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.

      • 1688 November 15 (Gregorian calendar)​, John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 5 November 1688]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:

        the season and ways very improper for his Majesty’s forces to march so great a distance

      • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

        Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days’ cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.

      • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients:

        I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn’t paid any attention to afore.

      • «It’s a long way to Tipperary, / it’s a long way to go.» [It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, a marching and music hall song by Jack Judge and Henry «Harry» James Williams, popularized especially by British troops in World War One]
      • «Do you know the way to San Jose?» [song title and lyrics, Bacharach and David]

      • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

        Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

   2. A means to enter or leave a place.

      We got into the cinema through the back way.

      • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

        Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.

   3. A roughly-defined geographical area.

      If you’re ever ’round this way, come over and visit me.

2. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.

   You’re going about it the wrong way.  He’s known for his quirky ways.  I don’t like the way she looks at me.

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:

     “[…] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. […] If she had her way, she’d ruin the company inside a year with her hare-brained schemes ; love of the people, and that sort of guff.”

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […] ; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.

   • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:

     […] his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve. Stiff-rumped, that’s what he was, always rubbing the rust, or riding grub, like he had been for months past.

   • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎^[2], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):

     An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

3. A state or condition

   When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.

4. (heading) Personal interaction.
   1. Possibility (usually in the phrases ‘any way’ and ‘no way’).

      There’s no way I’m going to clean up after you.

   2. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.

      My little sister always whines until she gets her way.

5. (Germanic 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.
   • 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)
6. (nautical, uncountable) Speed, progress, momentum.

   • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     Immediately afterwards, a quick and eager short dark man came into the room with so much way upon him that he was within a foot of Clennam before he could stop.

   • 1977, Richard O’Kane, Clear the Bridge: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang, Ballantine Books (2003), p.343:

     Ten minutes into the run Tang slowed, Welch calling out her speed as she lost way.

7. A degree, an amount, a sense.

   In a significant way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients:

     That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he’d made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker’s overalls.

8. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause, followed by an infinitive starting with “to”) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.

   Way to ruin the moment, guys.

   • 2001, Joshua Nedelman, The Garden of Eastern, page 36:

     Jimmy leaned forward holding his ear, the personification of naïveté, looking as young as a baby with his oh-so-innocent face. “Oh, way to get us busted, Jimmy,” Curt hissed under his breath.

   • 2009, Linda Winfree, Fall in Me, page 165:

     Oh, way to start a rumor, Hope. Angel glared the silent statement at her sister.

   • 2012, Nancy Manther, A Charmed Life:

     «Oh, way to care about how I feel.» His voice took on an exaggerated “Valley Girl” tone.

9. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.

   • 1912, Fredrick A. Talbot, Steamship Conquest of the World‎^[3], page 36:

     By the time the Mauretania was ready for launching a total weight of 16,800 tons was standing in the berth, and this represented the heaviest weight that had ever been sent down the ways up to that time.

10. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.

Synonyms[edit]

• See also Thesaurus:way

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Interjection[edit]

way

1. (slang, only in reply to no way) yes; it is true; it is possible

   Synonym: yes way

   • 1992, Wayne’s World (film)

     — We searched the vehicle. It was clean, so we did the body cavity searches.
     — No way.
     — Way!

   • 2011, William Schwenn, Dogs of Meadowbrook:

     We repeated this ritual of “no way — way, no way — way” over the years.

Verb[edit]

way (third-person singular simple present ways, present participle waying, simple past and past participle wayed)

1. (obsolete) To travel.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:

     on a time as they together way’d, / He made him open chalenge […] .

   • 1919, Gotō Shinpei, «Japanese Statesman on Christian Missions», The Missionary Review, Volume 42, p. 660

     Laötze says, “The Name that can be named is not the Eternal Name. The Way that can be wayed, is not the Eternal Way.” Infinite wisdom is beyond the human power to understand.

Etymology 2[edit]

Apheresis of away.

Alternative forms[edit]

• ‘way, ’way (dated)

Adverb[edit]

way (not comparable)

1. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.

   I’m way too tired to do that.

   I’m a way better singer than Emma.

   • 2006, Keyboard, Volume 32, Issues 1-6, page 132,

     It turns out that’s way more gain than you need for a keyboard, but you don’t have to use all of it to benefit from the sonic characteristics.

2. (slang, with positive adjective) Very.

   I’m way tired.

   String theory is way cool, except for the math.

   • 2005, Erika V. Shearin Karres, Crushes, Flirts, & Friends: A Real Girl’s Guide to Boy Smarts, page 16,

     With all the way cool boys out there, what if you don’t recognize them because you don’t know what to look for? Or, what if you have a chance to pick a perfect Prince and you end up with a yucky Frog instead?

3. (informal) Far.

   I used to live way over there.

   The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.

   • 2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in Rail, page 81:

     A number of Dundee businessmen commuted across the bridge from their homes in Wormit, and some became concerned at the speeds that trains were crossing the bridge. Ex-Dundee Provost William Robertson timed one train at 43mph, way in excess of the 25mph speed limit.

Synonyms[edit]

• (much): far, much, loads
• (very): so, very, so much

Derived terms[edit]

• way too
• way too many
• way too much

Translations[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From the sound it represents, by analogy with other (velar) letters such as kay and gay.

Noun[edit]

way (plural ways)

1. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.

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• double-u

Anagrams[edit]

• Yaw, wya, yaw

Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʌj/
• Hyphenation: way

Verb[edit]

wáy

1. affirmative imperative singular of wée

Adverb[edit]

wáy

1. (+ negative) never

Noun[edit]

wáy m 

1. time, instance

Declension[edit]

Declension of wáy
absolutive	wáy
predicative	wáyi
subjective	wáy
genitive	waytí
Postpositioned forms l-case wáyil k-case wáyik t-case wáyit h-case wáyih

Synonyms[edit]

• (time, instance): wák

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “way”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L’Hammartan, →ISBN, page 37
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bobot[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun[edit]

way

1. water

References[edit]

• «Bobot» in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Cebuano[edit]

Cebuano numbers ^(edit)

	00[a], [b]
		0	1  →	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: waláy, walâ     Spanish cardinal: nulo, sero     Ordinal: ikasero     Adverbial: makasero

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaj/, [ˈwaɪ̯]

Adjective[edit]

way

1. (dialectal, Urban Cebu) Pronunciation spelling of walay.

Numeral[edit]

way

1. (dialectal, Urban Cebu) Pronunciation spelling of walay.

Pronoun[edit]

way

1. (dialectal, Urban Cebu) Pronunciation spelling of walay.

Derived terms[edit]

• way sapayan

Verb[edit]

way

1. (dialectal, Urban Cebu) Pronunciation spelling of walay.

Epigraphic Mayan[edit]

Verb[edit]

way

1. to sleep
2. to transform

Highland Popoluca[edit]

Noun[edit]

way

1. hair

References[edit]

• Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎^[5] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 115

Koyraboro Senni[edit]

Verb[edit]

way

1. to milk

Kurudu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun[edit]

way

1. water

Lampung Api[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Lampungic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun[edit]

way

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Mofu-Gudur[edit]

Noun[edit]

way

1. house

Ojibwe[edit]

Particle[edit]

way

1. exclamation

   Way, yay, wewiib enda-gizhigaawan iniw ininaatigoon.

   Goodness gracious, hurry, the maples are running just fast.

References[edit]

• The Ojibwe People’s Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/way-pc-disc

Tz’utujil[edit]

Noun[edit]

way

1. tortilla

Synonyms[edit]

• away

Ujir[edit]

Etymology[edit]

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun[edit]

way

1. water

Zarma[edit]

Adjective[edit]

way

1. female

• 1
  WAY World Assembly of Youth
  
  

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > WAY World Assembly of Youth

• 2
  way of life
  
  

  way of life noun стиль жизни

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > way of life

• 3
  way-bill
  
  

  way-bill noun 1) список пассажиров 2) маршрут (туристический и т. п.) 3)накладная; путевой лист

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > way-bill

• 4
  way-leave
  
  

  way-leave noun 1) право перевозки по чужой земле 2) право полета над терри-торией

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > way-leave

• 5
  way-station
  
  

  way-station noun amer. небольшая промежуточная станция; полустанок

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > way-station

• 6
  way
  
  

  1. n путь; дорога; маршрут

  2. n направление

  3. n расстояние

  4. n движение вперёд; ход

  5. n образ действия; метод, способ

  6. n манера поведения

  7. n особенность, характерная черта

  8. n уклад, обычай, привычка

  the way of the world — общепринятый уклад жизни; традиционные взгляды; общепринятые нормы поведения

  9. n отношение, аспект

  10. n положение, состояние

  11. n размах, масштабы деятельности

  12. n разг. область, сфера; занятие

  13. n возможность, путь, средство

  14. n мор. стапель

  15. n тех. направляющая

  16. n юр. право прохода, проезда

  any way — и в том и в другом случае; в любом случае

  better by a long way, a long way better — гораздо лучше

  in a way — в известном смысле; до некоторой степени, в известной мере

  one way or another, some way or other — так или иначе; в любом случае; как бы то ни было

  nothing came my way — мне ничего не удавалось, мне не подвёртывалось ничего хорошего

  to make way — уступить дорогу ; расчистить путь; расступиться, раздвинуться

  to pay its way — окупаться, оправдывать себя, быть рентабельным

  17. a промежуточный; расположенный по пути

  18. adv амер. усил. далеко; на значительном расстоянии, в отдалении

  19. adv амер. усил. полностью, до конца

  20. adv амер. усил. близ

  21. int тпру!

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. behaviour (noun) actions; behaviour; comportment; conduct; demeanour; deportment

  3. door (noun) access; adit; admission; admittance; door; entrance; entree; entry; ingress

  4. habit (noun) consuetude; custom; form; habit; habitude; manner; practice; praxis; trick; usage; use; wont

  5. means (noun) design; fashion; means; method; mode; modus; plan; policy; procedure; process; style; system; technique; wise

  6. passage (noun) channel; course; drag; line; passage; path; route; throughway

  8. road (noun) artery; avenue; boulevard; drive; freeway; highway; road; roadway; street; thoroughfare; track

  9. type (noun) breed; cast; character; class; cut; description; feather; ilk; kidney; kind; lot; mold; nature; order; persuasion; sort; species; stamp; stripe; type; variety

  English-Russian base dictionary > way

• 7
  way
  
  

  1) путь; дорога; to take one’s way идти; уходить; to lead the way идти впереди; быть вожаком, показывать пример; to lose one’s way сбиться с пути; back way окольный путь;

  on the way

  а) в пути; on the way home по пути домой;

  б) попутно; to be on one’s way быть в пути; to go one’s way(s) уходить, отправляться;

  to be in the way

  а) стоять поперек дороги, мешать;

  б) быть под рукой;

  by the way

  а) по дороге, по пути;

  б) кстати, между прочим; to get out of smb.’s way уйти с дороги; to make way for smb., smth. дать дорогу, уступить место кому-л., чему-л.; to see one’s way понимать, как надо действовать; быть в состоянии сделать что-л.; now I see my way теперь я знаю, что делать; to try one’s own way поступать по-своему; to have (или to get) one’s own way добиться своего, настоять на своем, поступать по-своему; to have it one’s own way действовать по-своему, добиваться своего; she had it her own way in the end в конце концов хозяйкой положения оказалась она; have it your (own) way поступай, как знаешь, твое дело; to be in the way of doing smth. быть близким к тому, чтобы совершить что-л.;

  out of the way

  а) не по пути; в стороне;

  б) необыкновенный; необычный, незаурядный; he has done nothing out of the way он не сделал ничего из ряда вон выходящего

  2) сторона, направление; look this way посмотрите сюда; this way, please (пройдите) сюда, пожалуйста; (are you) going my way? нам по пути?; the other way round наоборот

  3) расстояние; a little way,

  amer. collocation

  а little ways недалеко; а long way,

  amer. collocation

  а long ways далеко

  4) движение вперед; ход;

  to make one’s way

  а) продвигаться; пробираться;

  б) сделать карьеру, завоевать положение в обществе (

  тж.

  to make one’s way in the world); to make the best of one’s way идти как можно скорее, спешить; to have way on двигаться вперед (о корабле, автомобиле и т. п.); under way

  naut.

  на ходу (

  тж. перен.

  ); preparations are under way идет подготовка; to be well under way зайти достаточно далеко

  5) метод, средство, способ; манера; образ действия; way of living образ жизни; условия существования; I will find a way to do it я найду способ это сделать; to my way of thinking по моему мнению; one way or another так или иначе; the other way иначе;

  ways and means

  а) пути и способы; пути и возможности;

  б) parl. пути и способы изыскания денежных средств; to put smb. in the way of (doing) smth. дать кому-л. возможность заработать, сделать что-л. и т. п.; to see one’s way (clear) to doing smth. знать, как сделать что-л.; to have a way with smb. иметь особый подход к кому-л., уметь убеждать кого-л.

  6) обычай, привычка; особенность; it is not in his way to be communicative общительность не в его характере; to stand in the ancient ways быть противником всего нового

  7) образ жизни; to live in a great (small) way жить на широкую ногу (скромно)

  область, сфера; to be in the retail way заниматься розничной торговлей

  9) состояние; in a bad way в плохом состоянии

  10)

  slang

  волнение; she is in a terrible way она ужасно взволнована

  11) отношение; bad in every way плохой во всех отношениях; in a way в некотором отношении; в известном смысле; до известной степени; in many ways во многих отношениях

  13)

  tech.

  направляющая (станка)

  Ways and Means Committee

  а) бюджетная комиссия британского парламента;

  б) постоянная бюджетная комиссия конгресса США

  way out выход из положения

  by way of

  а) ради, с целью;

  б) в виде, в качестве

  to give way

  а) поддаваться, уступать;

  б) поддаваться, предаваться (отчаянию и т. п.);

  в) портиться, сдавать;

  г) падать (об акциях)

  one way or the other тем или иным путем, так или иначе

  no two ways about it

  а) это неизбежно;

  б) об этом не может быть двух мнений

  to put smb. in the way of smth. предоставить кому-л. случай, дать возможность сделать что-л.

  pay your own way платите за себя

  to go the way of all flesh (или of nature, of all the earth) умереть

  to go out of one’s way…, to put oneself out of the way… постараться изо всех сил (чтобы оказать помощь, содействие другому); she went out of the way to please her future mother-in-law она изо всех сил старалась понравиться своей будущей свекрови

  to put smb. out of the way убрать кого-л., убить кого-л.

  to come smb.’s way попадаться, встречаться кому-л. (на жизненном пути)

  the longest way round is the shortest way home посл.

  =

  тише едешь, дальше будешь

  to have a way with oneself обладать обаянием

  Syn:

  method

  далеко, значительно, чересчур; way behind далеко позади; way back давно; way back in the nineties еще в 90-х годах; way ahead далеко впереди; the runner was way ahead of his opponents бегун значительно опередил своих соперников; way over чересчур; to go way over one’s budget выйти из бюджета, перерасходовать средства

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  (n) колея; путь; способ

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  дорога, путь

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  [ weɪ]
  путь, дорога, направление; образ действия; расстояние; движение вперед, ход; образ жизни; метод, способ, средство, манера; обычай, привычка; состояние; область, сфера
  далеко, значительно, чересчур

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  дорога

  дорогая

  дорогостоящая

  метод

  особенность

  путь

  способ

  средство

  стезю

  стезя

  шлях

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  1. сущ.
  1) путь
  2) направление
  3) направляющие
  4) сторона
  5) разг. район
  2. нареч.
  намного, далеко, значительно

  Новый англо-русский словарь > way

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  way out
  
  

  1. выход из создавшегося положения

  2. выход

  Синонимический ряд:

  exit (noun) door; doorway; egress; emergence; escape; exit; fire escape; opening; outlet; passage

  English-Russian base dictionary > way out

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  sea-way
  
  

  sea-way noun 1) фарватер, судоходная часть моря 2) волнение на море; in aheavy sea-way — в сильную волну

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > sea-way

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  by-way
  
  

  by-way noun 1) дорога второстепенного значения; менее людная дорога 2)кратчайший путь 3) неглавная, малоизученная область (науки и т. п.) — by-waysof learning

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > by-way

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  carriage-way
  
  

  carriage-way noun проезжая часть дороги

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > carriage-way

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  clear-way
  
  

  clear-way noun фарватер

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > clear-way

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  express way
  
  

  express way noun автострада; автомагистраль со сквозным движением

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > express way

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  passage-way
  
  

  passage-way noun 1) коридор, проход; пассаж 2) mining откаточная выработка3) tech. перепускной канал; уравнительный канал

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > passage-way

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  race-way
  
  

  race-way noun amer.; electr. канал для внутренней прокладки кабелей

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > race-way

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  ship-way
  
  

  ship-way noun стапель

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > ship-way

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  water-way
  
  

  water-way noun 1) водный путь; inland (international) water-ways — внутрен-ние (международные) водные пути 2) судоходное русло, фарватер 3) naut. ватер-вейс, водопроток

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > water-way

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  Milky Way
  
  

  Синонимический ряд:

  band of stars (noun) band of stars; constellation; galactic circle; galaxy; nebula; stars and planets

  English-Russian base dictionary > Milky Way

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  the other way round
  
  

  Sometimes a noun is derived from a verb and sometimes it is the other way round — Иногда существительное образуется от глагола, а иногда как раз наоборот

  The new dictionary of modern spoken language > the other way round

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  by-way
  
  

  English-Russian base dictionary > by-way

Britannica Dictionary definition of WAY

Britannica Dictionary definition of WAY

informal

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRoadswayway1 /weɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
 
 1 method [countable]WAY/METHOD a method that you use to do or achieve something
 There are several different ways we can tackle this problem.way of doing something
 Evening classes are one way of meeting new people.
 There’s no way of knowing if the treatment will work.way to do something
 What’s the best way to learn a language?in the same way/in various ways
 Make the drink with boiling water in the same way as tea.
 Animals communicate in various ways.(in) the right/wrong way
 I think you’re going about this the wrong way.ways and means (=methods of doing something, especially ones that are secret or not yet decided)
 There are ways and means of raising the money that we need.way out/out of/around
 One way around the problem (=method of dealing with it) is recycling.
 There seems to be no way out of the current economic crisis.way into television/publishing/finance etc (=a method of getting involved in a particular activity or type of work)
 companies eager for a way into business in Europe► see thesaurus at method

2 manner [countable]WAY/MANNER the manner or style in which someone does something or in which something happens
 Look at the way he’s dressed!in a … way
 ‘Hello, ’ he said in a friendly way.
 Maria got up and took a shower in a leisurely way.(in) this/that way
 I find it easier to work in this way (=like this).
 Sorry, I didn’t know you felt that way (=had that feeling or opinion).
 The drugs didn’t seem to affect Anna in the same way.that’s no way to do something (=used to tell someone that they should not be doing something in a particular manner)
 That’s no way to speak to your father!in more ways than one (=in a number of ways)
 The changes will benefit the company in more ways than one.in somebody’s (own) way (=in a personal way that other people may not recognize)
 I’m sure he does love you, in his own way. 3 direction/how to go somewhere [countable]TTRWAY/ROUTE a) a road, path, direction etc that you take in order to get to a particular placethe way to/from/out etc
 Which is the quickest way to the sea from here?
 There are several ways through the woods.ask/tell/show somebody the way
 Could you tell me the way to the station?
 Does anyone know the way from here?
 I was afraid of losing my way in the dark.
 Can you find your way back to the car park?the way out (=the door, path etc which you can use to leave a building or area)
 Which is the way out?the way in (=the door, path etc which you can use to enter a building or area)
 She looked all around, but she couldn’t seem to find the way in.on somebody’s way (=in the same direction as someone is going)
 Want a lift? It’s on my way.out of somebody’s way (=not in the same direction as someone is going)
 I live miles out of your way. b) a particular direction from where you are now
 Which way is north?
 Walk this way.
 A big Mercedes was coming the other way (=from the opposite direction).
 He left the house, looking carefully both ways.

4 part of something that is true [countable] used to say that there is a fact or a feature of something that makes a statement or description truein a/one way
 In one way you’re right, I suppose.in some/many ways
 Working at home makes sense, in many ways.
 Ben is a perfectly normal child in every way.
 He never got mad at me. He was great in that way.in no way (=used to emphasize that something is not true)
 This should in no way be seen as a defeat.5 distance/time [singular]DISTANCE a distance or a length of time, especially a long one
 I was still a long way from home.some way/quite a way (=quite a long distance)
 She had to park some way from the restaurant.a long way off/away/ahead etc (=far away in distance or in time)
 A peace settlement now seems a long way off.
 I don’t want to go all that way and not see him.all the way down/across/through etc (something) (=the full distance or length of something)
 Did you really swim all the way across?
 I was awake all through the night.a (long) ways American English
 That’s quite a ways from here, isn’t it?

6 the space in front of you [countable usually singular] if someone or something is in the way, they are blocking the space in front of you, and you cannot move forwardbe in the way/be in somebody’s way (=be blocking a road, someone’s path etc so that they cannot move forward easily)
 There was a big truck in the way.
 Sorry, am I in your way?
 A policeman yelled at the crowds to get out of the way.
 The way ahead was blocked.7 → make way (for something/somebody)8 → out of the way9 → on the/your/its way10 → be/get under way 11 → make your way12 → push/grope/inch etc your way somewhere13 → give way14 → clear/pave/open/prepare etc the way (for something)15 → a/the way forward16 state/condition [singular] a particular state or condition
 My family was in a bad way financially.
 The chicken’s nice and crispy – just the way I like it.
 It’s worth thinking how you can improve the way things are.somebody was born/made that way (=used to say that someone’s character is not likely to change)
 He’ll always be mean – he was born that way.

17 fact/event [singular] used to refer to something that happens
 I hate the way you always give in to him.18 behaviour [countable] someone’s typical style of behaving, especially when it seems different or unusualbe (just) somebody’s way
 Don’t worry if she’s quiet – that’s just her way.
 Esther quickly changed the subject, as was her way.strange/funny/odd etc ways
 We all have our funny little ways.change/mend your ways (=stop behaving badly) → see the error of your ways, → be set in your ways3(6) 19 development/progress [singular] used in expressions about developing and improving
 The team has a long way to go (=needs to develop or improve a lot) before it can match that performance.
 Microwave ovens have come a long way (=have developed or improved a lot) since they first appeared in our kitchens.
 Jen is now well on the way to recovery (=she has improved and will be well soon).20 → go some way towards doing something21 choices/possibilities [countable] used when talking about two choices someone could make, or two possibilities that could happen
 I’m not sure which way he’ll decide.
 The election could go either way (=both results are equally possible).
 Make your mind up one way or the other.either way (=used to say that something will be the same, whichever of two things happens)
 Either way, it’s going to be expensive.

22 → within two feet/ten years etc either way23 → (in) one way or another/one way or the other24 → way around/round/up25 → by way of something26 → get in the way of something27 → go out of your way to do something28 → get/have your (own) way29 → go your own way30 → go somebody’s way31 → come somebody’s way32 → in a big/small way33 → by a long way34 → talk/buy etc your way into/past etc something/somebody35 → work/munch/smoke etc your way through something36 → be on the/your way out37 → across/over the way38 → have a way of doing something

39 → get into the way of doing something40 → not in any way, shape, or form41 → split something two/three etc ways42 → have a way with somebody/something43 → the way of the world44 → every which way45 → Way46 → by the way47 → no way!48 → the way I see it49 → that’s the way50 → that’s (just) the way something/somebody is/that’s (just) the way something goes51 → be with somebody all the way52 → if I had my way53 → have it your (own) way

54 → (there are) no two ways about it55 → you can’t have it both ways56 → way to go!57 → (that’s/it’s) always the way!58 → down your/London etc way59 → go all the way (with somebody) → halfway, one-way, right of way, two-way, → that’s the way the cookie crumbles, → cut both ways, → in the family way, → go the way of all flesh, → go your separate ways, → know your way around (something), → be laughing all the way to the bank, → lead the way1(7), → look the other way, → out of harm’s way, → parting of the ways, → pay your way, → to put it another way(4), → rub somebody up the wrong way, → see which way the wind is blowing, → see your way (clear) to doing something, → any way you slice it2, → stand in somebody’s way, → where there’s a will there’s a way, → work your way to/through etc somethingCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a method that you use to do or achieve somethingadjectivesthe right wayThat’s not the right way to deal with the problem.the wrong wayThere is a right way and a wrong way to do it.a good wayParent and toddler groups are a good way to meet other mums.the best wayDoing the job is often regarded as the best way of learning the job.a different wayThere are many different ways of borrowing money.a sure wayImproving your diet is the surest way to lower your risk of heart disease.a quick wayWouldn’t just asking him be the quickest way to find out?an easy wayHere’s an easy way to cut up a mango.verbshave a wayDo you have any way of finding out if that is true?find a wayWe must find a way to help them.think of/devise a wayI have to think of a way to make some money.phrasesways and meansWe are discussing ways and means of bringing jobs to our area.THESAURUSa way of doing somethingway something you can do in order to achieve what you want or deal with a problemVisiting a country is a great way to learn a language.a good way to lose weightmethod a way of doing something, especially one that a lot of people know about and useThey still use traditional methods of farming.modern teaching methodsDifferent research methods are used to gather data.approach a general way of dealing with a particular problem or situation, especially a way that has been carefully thought aboutWe need a whole new approach to environmental issues.There will be considerable advantages to adopting this approach.technique a way of doing something for which you need a skill that must be learned and practisedI went to a class to learn relaxation techniques.new surgical techniquestechniques for improving staff performancestrategy a carefully planned way to achieve something difficult or complicated that may take a long timeThey met to discuss the company’s business strategy.the government’s long-term strategy for reducing crimehow to go to a placeway the road, path, direction etc that you must take in order to get to a placeAre you sure this is the right way to the sea?Will you come with me? I don’t know the way.route a way from one place to another that people use regularly or that is shown on a mapThere are two routes we could take but this is the quickest one.the overland trade route between Europe and Chinadirections instructions on how to get to a placeLet’s stop and ask someone for directions.If you follow these directions you’ll have no problem finding the house.short cut a way of getting somewhere that is shorter than the usual wayLet’s take a short cut across the field.Taxi-drivers know all the short cuts.how to get to … especially spoken used especially when you ask someone to tell you which is the right wayCan you tell me how to get to Grand Central Station?It was getting dark and I wasn’t sure how to get home.COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: adjectivesthe quickest wayShe knew the quickest way to the hospital.the right wayAre you sure this is the right way?the wrong wayHe had ended up going the wrong way down a one-way street.verbsask somebody the wayHe asked me the way to the police station.tell somebody the wayCan you tell me the way to the nearest post office, please?show somebody the wayIf you can show me the way, I’ll take you by car.know the wayDo you know the way to Birkleigh?lose your wayHe lost his way in the fog.find your wayI managed to find my way home.Examples from the Corpusway• Ottumwa? That’s quite a ways from here, isn’t it?• Is there any way of controlling the heating in here?• Council officers in Darlington have looked at ways of supporting the campaign.• Losing a job affects different people in different ways.• By phrasing questions in different ways, inconsistencies are exposed without the need for having a detailed knowledge of a particular technique.• I tried every way I could to make the child go to bed, but she refused.• You will find a tiny amount will go a long way.• Now that his marriage has broken down there is no way round this problem.• The only way to lose weight is to eat less.• I think this is the quickest way into town.• Are you sure we’re going the right way? I don’t remember seeing that church before.• The government does not believe that this approach is the right way to deal with the problem.• The argument was a terrible way to end a wonderful week.• Jill’s office is that way.• The bear went that way — you can see its tracks in the snow.• He walked all the way to Upper Street, near the bus-stops, before he found a free phonebox.• I could tell by the way he looked at me that he was annoyed.• Do you think you can find the way home by yourself?• Are you sure this is the way?• I just love the way she laughs.• On the way home I was thinking about the week.• Is this the way to Grand Central Station?• I’ll show you the way we calculate the figures.• It is important to consider which way the house faces, as that determines how much sun it gets.• I don’t recognize this part of town — we must have come the wrong way.• I think you’re going about this in completely the wrong way.way out/out of/around• She explains why these girls need love, direction, education, a way out of the lures of gang life.• Fortunately, a way out of this apparent paradox exists.• This healthy, realistic fear helps the organization resist the temptation to take the easy way out of a problematic situation.• I could talk my way out of trouble.• M fell all the way out of the first round.• Borrowing money is not the way out of debt.• My point was that they could power their way out of their problems with the latent potential among the workers.• They pushed and squeezed their way out of the jute field.in somebody’s (own) way• Victorine be-came a companion in a way.• However, the vastly differing agendas of the majors and the indies affected questions of artistic control in differing ways.• Of course, everything was done in a way that cost a fortune.• Instead of a gentle immersion in the ways of the Kremlin, Lebed has found himself baptized by fire.• He’d put it in such a way that she couldn’t argue.• Emphasize the difficulty of saying anything at all with regard to religion which may not be received by some one in a misleading way.• Even the payment of players was regulated in such a way as to prevent clubs competing in a free market for talent.• A videodisc player can be connected up to a monitor or television set in the same way as a videocassette player.the other way• Or would it be better the other way round?• When you’re overtaking, make sure there’s nothing coming the other way.• Turn around and face the other way.• But if the means of communication have moved in a more public direction, the images have gone the other way.• This does not happen the other way about.• He was looking the other way, sorting mail.• I waved to her but she didn’t see — she was looking the other way.• They are succeeding by turning big piles into little piles, not the other way around.• Richard, of course, never deferential, never awed, totally fearless, just played the other way flat out!• For decades, that kind of estrange ment worked the other way around.• But sometimes it works the other way round.in no way• The damage is very slight and in no way reduces the value of the painting.• It’s too long, too slow and in no way original.• Note that the reviewing activities associated with Personal Interviews are in no way comparable with the procedures of job interviews.• But in no way has Weezer turned into a precision rock machine.• With the values used, the frequency is several kilohertz but is in no way critical for this present purpose.• Jennifer is in no way like the traditional father who just plays with the children.• Gray’s comments should in no way be considered official policy.• As interesting as such examples are, of course, they in no way prove that caffeine actually improves mental functioning.• I never suspected them of having spied for long, a feeling which in no way eased my shame.• The electoral framework makes the operation particularly cynical: a pounding of people who in no way deserved it.• This will in no way influence our original decision.a (long) ways• The black boy stepped back a ways.• He was sitting his roan horse on this side of the street but down a ways.• Not close, out a ways, as if giving themselves room to move around in.• We are quite a ways away, probably 500 yards.• The date may seem a ways off, but Chan needs sponsors and participants to sign on now.• We just popped out to get a beer and a burger, down-state a ways.• I even took them from both directions and walked up-stream a ways to see if it looked like this anywhere else.• My husband, John, is out yonder a ways.way ahead• In fact, when it comes to some emotions, men are way ahead of us.• Then again, some major thinkers are way ahead of the curve.• Both men know the only way ahead to avoid a national racial bloodbath is to get together and start talking again.• We invariably ask the custodians of the business to exemplify what they would see as their preferred way ahead.• Here was a historic consensus and a historic clue both of which charted the directions for the way ahead.• We have reached a point where the way ahead seems to have petered out.• The idea was way ahead of its time.somebody was born/made that way• She had been thirty-one years old when he was born, and they had never known why he was born that way.• I suppose I was born that way.change/mend your ways• Are they going to go back and change their ways?• But we think you should give her another chance and see if she can change her ways.• Eventually, of course, the girl changes her ways and they fall in love.• As a result of this report the caretaker was informed that if he did not mend his ways he would be discharged.• Certainly we need to fear a refusal to change our ways.• This simple observation surprised us and made us change our ways of communicating with social workers.• She wrote back in an unusually cheery vein in-tended to demonstrate, I suppose, that she was mending her ways.• I was hoping that perhaps human beings would change their ways after reading the stories of my life with the Houys.well on the way to• The Charity Commission says the new trustees are well on the way to restructuring their management and cutting administrative costs.• He won an Allstar last year and is well on the way to repeating this achievement.• Or if not actually in it, well on the way to it.• She’s well on the way to recovery and her brain isn’t affected.• The Hodges doctrine, with its limited interpretation of federal power, seemed well on the way to extinction.• Each is, if not yet a separate species, well on the way to an identity of its own.• Mitchell waited until they were well on the way to the processing plant before digging his way out and tumbling clear.• You can also receive an introduction to Web publishing that starts you well on the way to creating your own home page.either way• It is possible to make the argument either way.• His jeering remarks had hidden barbs, and just went to prove how little he cared either way.• The worker should be comfortable either way.• A decision either way on Roe can therefore be perceived as favoring one group or the other…• But this is virtually impossible to establish either way so long as the argument has to depend on reported behaviour.• It seems you can’t actually lose either way, doesn’t it?• We could simply alternate between the two algorithms and catch the suspect either way.• They were: offences triable only on indictment; offences triable only summarily; and offences triable either way.WayWayTTRused in the names of roads
 Church Way → waywayway2 ●●○ S3 adverb
 
 1 FARvery farway ahead/behind/out etc
 The other cyclists were way behind.
 She lives way out of town.2 LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTby a large amountway above/below/past etc
 Her IQ is way above average.way out
 Your guess was way out (=completely incorrect), he’s actually thirty-eight.way back
 We first met way back (=a long time ago) in the seventies.way heavier/smarter/bigger etc (=much heavier etc)
 The tickets were way more expensive than I thought.3 American English informalVERY very
 I think she’s way cool, man.Examples from the Corpusway• You’re way too smart to be driving a truck.way ahead/behind/out etc• But drive-ins are on the way out.• One man found twenty dollars on the sidewalk on his way out.• The old man could be on the way out, and anyone on the way out is inevitably a centre for drama.• For a long time, the way ahead barred, Pétain found no opening for preaching his gospel.• At night there were no longer any bonfires to be seen, either on the hill or way out on the surrounding plain.• He worked his way out slowly, without disturbing her.• There has to be some way out, some way to get things back the way they were!way heavier/smarter/bigger etc• Oh, way bigger, said the older man with pride.Origin way1 Old English weg