way

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A method or manner of doing something.

   There must be a better way to solve this problem.

2. 2
   noun

   A road or path from one place to another.

   We were just looking for the way out.

3. 3
   noun

   The route or direction to a place.

   Do you know the way to the airport?

4. 4
   noun

   A distance to be travelled.

   It's a long way from here to the coast.

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. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wai, wäi (“way”), Saterland Frisian Wai (“way”), West Frisian wei (“road; way”), Central Franconian Wääch (“way”), Cimbrian bege, bèg (“way”), Dutch weg (“way”), German, Low German Weg (“way”), Limburgish waeg (“way”), Luxembourgish Wee (“way”), Mòcheno be (“way”), Yiddish וועג (veg, “way”), Danish vej (“way”), Faroese, Icelandic vegur (“way”), Norwegian Bokmål veg, vei (“way”), Norwe…

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