away
∞
1.0
- adverb
- /əˈweɪ/
:
desaparecer
- That's not going away any time soon.
- fade away
- slip away
- melt away
That's what will scare risk capital away from this asset class.
- That's what will scare risk capital away from this asset class.
- So how do people get to and then fall away from the third step?
- But I must say that we have gotten away from that pretty commonly.
- And you're going get this thing away from me until it's cleaned.
- But today feels like he's been taken away from us much, much too young.
- It's to convince people to back away from politics.
- Like take all this away now take you away.
- Then you start to get away from that piece of shittism.
Examples
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The bright lights of the city slowly faded away as we drove into the countryside.
-
The old life has passed away, and the new life in Christ is shared.
Academic text (2011) -
Most low-res students have been away from an academic setting for years, if not decades.
Academic text (2011) -
"We're not trying to take people's jobs away, but everybody's trying to save money," Brown says.
Academic text (2011) -
The effect was to direct resources away from the poor even as oil profits were surging.
Academic text (2008) -
Slowly, the music of the violin faded away and became part of the silence.
Fiction book (1990) -
With each passing day, the memories of that difficult time began to drift away.
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As winter approached, the warm days of summer seemed to disappear away into the past.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To go away from a place, person, or group
∞
1.0
To stop being seen or to no longer be there
632
3.5
Leave a person, place, or situation without taking part anymore
463
1.0
To stop being seen or felt
421
3.0
Disappear suddenly and completely for no clear reason
131
3.5
To become loose and fall off
117
2.3
Separate from something by breaking or dropping
86
3.5
To move away from people or a place to create space
32
3.4
To leave a place quietly without anyone noticing
21
7.5
An idea or hope that is suddenly ignored and can no longer happen
19
4.3
To become less in amount or quality
15
4.5
To slowly lose contact and closeness with someone
15
3.2
Move slowly through the air or water until out of sight
12
3.5
To slowly disappear or stop existing
8
4.2
To become quieter and then stop
8
4.4
To vanish suddenly with no trace
2
3.0
To become loose and separate from something
1
5.6
To move back slowly, like water leaving a shore
1
8.1
Disappear completely so no one knows what happened and no sign is left
1
3.2
Water moves away slowly in a steady stream
Someone or something disappears completely so nobody knows where they are
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
5
4.4
To spend a long time moving to music until very late at night
- Archaic
To be extremely tired and worn after hard work or rough treatment
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Away comes from a- ('from') + way ('way'), so it suggests moving something off you or out of view. That's why to brush or push fears or worries away means to remove them from your mind.