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way  

EN[weɪ]
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  • NomPLways
    1. (heading) To do with a place or places.
      1. Do you know the way to the airport?   Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.   It's a long way from here. ‎
      2. We got into the cinema through the back way. ‎
      3. If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me. ‎
    2. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
      1. You're going about it the wrong way.   He's known for his quirky ways.   I don't like the way she looks at me. ‎
    3. (heading) Personal interaction.
      1. There's no way I'm going to clean up after you. ‎
      2. My little sister always whines until she gets her way. ‎
    4. (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.
      1. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
        1. A degree, an amount, a sense.
          1. In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar. ‎
        2. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
          1. Way to ruin the moment, guys. ‎
        3. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
          1. By the time the Mauretania was ready for launching a total weight of 16,800 tons was standing in the berth, and this represented the heaviest weight that had ever been sent down the ways up to that time.
        4. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
          1. The name of the letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
          2. VerbeSGwaysPRwayingPT, PPwayed
            1. OBS To travel.
            2. Adverbe
              1. INF (with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
                1. I'm way too tired to do that.
                2. I'm a way better singer than she.
              2. SLA (with positive adjective) Very.
                1. I'm way tired
                2. String theory is way cool, except for the math.
              3. INF Far.
                1. I used to live way over there.
                2. The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
            3. Interjection
              1. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
                1. We repeated this ritual of “no way - way, no way - way” over the years.
            4. Plus d'exemples
              1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
                • In this way the model captures the gradual continentalization of weather (aridification) as air moves inland.
                • He will react in the way he generally does, training feverishly over the weeks ahead and attempting to make himself undroppable for the game on Merseyside.
                • Whitemail, which also appears unfair to some, may enhance shareholder value if the outside investor is able to influence management in a more positive way than other shareholders could.
              2. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
                • Give her time, and she may come around and see things your way.
                • . . . and no sooner had they septembrized France, than they would cross over, and, with the assistance of the travelling Orator, and the Spenceans, septembrize us in the same way.
                • If they aren't getting it, explain it a different way.

            Meaning of way for the defined word.

            Grammaticalement, ce mot "way" est un adverbe, plus spécifiquement, un adverbes degré et un adverbes incomparable. C'est aussi un interjection. C'est aussi un nom, plus spécifiquement, un noms dénombrable et un pluralia tantum. C'est aussi un verbe.
            • Partie du discours Hiérarchie
              1. Adverbes
                • Adverbes Degré
                  • Adverbes incomparable
                  • Interjections
                    • Noms
                      • Noms Dénombrable
                        • Pluralia tantum
                        • Verbes
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                        Précis    ➨     Polyvalent
                        Liens Connexes:
                        1. en ways
                        2. en wayside
                        3. en wayward
                        4. en wayne
                        5. en wayfarer
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