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Definition of Way

Way

Away.

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.

Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.

A moving; passage; procession; journey.

Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.

The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.

Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.

Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.

Sphere or scope of observation.

Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.

Progress; as, a ship has way.

The timbers on which a ship is launched.

The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.

Right of way. See below.

To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.

To move; to progress; to go.

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Way Quotations

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Buddha

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Buddha

God always takes the simplest way.
Albert Einstein

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
Albert Einstein

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
Albert Einstein

Way Translations

way in Afrikaans is pad, wyse, gewoonte, wys, gebruik
way in Dutch is gebruik, usance, gewoonte
way in Finnish is tie, tapa
way in German is Weg {m}, Art und Weise {f}, Weg
way in Italian is cammino, strada, strada, direzione
way in Latin is conversatio, modus, via
way in Norwegian is bruk, vei
way in Portuguese is estrada, modo, maneira
way in Spanish is manera, camino, direccion, costumbre, camino

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