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way

noun

1 a way of reducing environmental damage:

method, course of action, process, procedure, technique, system;

plan, strategy, scheme;

means, mechanism, routine, manner, approach, route, road;

Latin modus operandi.

2 she kissed him in her brisk way:

manner, style, fashion, mode, method.

3 I've learned my lesson and changed my ways:

practice, wont, habit, custom, characteristic, policy, procedure, convention, fashion, use, routine, rule;

trait, attribute, mannerism, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, oddity;

conduct, behavior, manner, style, nature, personality, temperament, disposition, character;

Latin modus operandi, modus vivendi;

formal praxis.

4 he tried to remember which way led home:

road, roadway, street, thoroughfare, track, path, pathway, lane, avenue, drive, channel;

route, course, direction.

5 I'll go out the back way:

door, doorway, gate, exit, entrance, entry, portal;

route.

6 the mill stands a short way downstream:

distance, length, stretch, journey, extent;

space, interval, span, gap, separation.

7 April seems a long way away:

period of time, time, stretch, term, span, duration.

8 she swerved to miss a car coming the other way:

direction, bearing, course, orientation, line, run, tack.

9 informal what do they call a missel thrush down your way?:

locality, neighborhood, area, district, locale, quarter, community, region, zone, part;

informal neck of the woods, parts;

British, informal manor;

North American, informal hood, nabe.

10 in some ways, it's the end of an era:

aspect, regard, facet, respect;

sense, feature, detail, point, particular, characteristic, question, connection.

11 I hear that the country is in a bad way:

state, condition, situation, circumstances, position;

predicament, plight;

informal shape.

□ by the way

oh, by the way Katie, you had a call:

incidentally, by the by, in passing, en passant.

□ give way

1 the government finally gave way and passed the bill:

yield, back down, make concessions, surrender, concede/admit defeat, give up/in, submit, succumb, raise/show the white flag;

acquiesce, agree, concur, approve, assent;

informal throw in the towel/sponge, cave in.

2 he crashed into the door and it gave way:

collapse, give, fall to pieces, come apart, crumple, crumble, cave in, fall in, disintegrate, go to pieces.

3 she never gave way to anger:

succumb, yield, give in, submit, surrender, fall victim;

be overcome by, be overwhelmed by, be conquered by.

4 grief gave way to a feeling of guilt:

be replaced by, be succeeded by, be followed by, be superseded by, be supplanted by, be ousted by.

□ on the way (also on one's way)

the doctor's on his way:

coming, imminent, forthcoming, approaching, impending, close, near, on us;

proceeding, journeying, traveling, en route, in transit.

□ way of life

1 war in the region is hindering this traditional way of life:

culture, civilization, society, lifestyle;

customs, traditions, heritage, habits, ways, mores, values.

2 I aim only for a society that offers a decent way of life to all:

lifestyle, way of living, manner of living, life, situation, position, state, station, condition, set of circumstances, fate, lot.