way
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[ English
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| how | long | am | #121: way | even | say | well |
[ Alternative spellings
- waye (obsolete)
[ Pronunciation
- enPR: wā, IPA: /weɪ/, SAMPA: /weI/
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- Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophones: weigh, wey, whey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
[ Etymology
From Old English weg. Cognate with Dutch weg, German Weg, Swedish väg.
[ Noun
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way (plural ways)
- A path.
- A method of doing something.
- The means to navigate a path.
- Possiblility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
- (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.
- (nautical) ways the sloping structures on which ships are built and launched
[ Quotations
- (means to navigate a path) "Do you know the way to San Jose?"
song title and lyric, Bacharach and David - (a tradition within Heathenry ) 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)
[ Derived terms
terms derived from way
[ Translations
wide path
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method
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means
- Interlingua: medio
- Portuguese: meio m.
- Spanish: medios m.
[ Adverb
way (not comparable)
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[ Translations
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[ Tz'utujil
[ Noun
way
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