way

way is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wā
• IPA: /weɪ/
• SAMPA: /weI/
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Homophones

• weigh
• wey
• whey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

Singular way

Plural ways

1. (countable) A way is how someone does something.

   The committee made a good decision about which way to make the machine.

   One way to cook food is to put it in an oven; another way is with a flame.

   I do things my own way.

   That way of thinking will not solve the problem.

   Farming is a great way of life.

   A car crash was the same way my dad died.

2. (countable) A way is a style.

   She dresses that way every day.

   I started to see things in a different way.

3. (countable) A way is a path, a road, or a route; how you get to a certain place.

   Do you know the way to the lunch room?

   I was on my way to Paris when I got lost.

   He went out of his way to bring me the coffee.

   It's a long way from where I started.

   Could you move your car out of my way?

Related words

• always
• anyway
• driveway
• highway
• freeway
• halfway
• railway
• a ways

Adverb

Positive way

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. very far

   I think that it's way too early to tell what the result will be.

   We missed. In fact we were way way off.