🗑️ To remove 👀 At a distance 🌫️ To disappear 📦 To store ✈️ Not present 🔄 Continuously 🏟️ At opponent's place ⚾ Outside pitch

away

474 1.0

Not in a place because someone has gone somewhere else

adjective
/əˈweɪ/

: ausente

And then in July, I was away on on vacation.
going-away party

I don't like being away so much, but I do.

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Examples

So I get very bad anxiety when I'm away from my children.

Emily Norris
I mean, the first, the first day away from them is amazing.

The Diary Of A CEO
I don't like being away so much, but I do.

Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum
I've been away from it for a while now.

Rich Roll
She divorced him while he was away doing a movie.
At my going away party, my first roommate, Celine, made the same comment—she had been at the airport to pick me up when I first arrived.

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I feel a sense of freedom whenever I am away from my daily routine.
After being away for two weeks, she finally returned home to her family.
He enjoys the peace and quiet when he is away from the city.

Synonyms

off

vsaway

858 1.0

At a distance in space or time

means not present because someone has left for a time

Antonyms

present

518 1.0

Being in a place or at an event

Idioms

right away

915 1.0

Without any delay

a mile away

161 2.8

At a distance of one mile or very easy to notice

far far away

Literature

41 6.7

In a place you cannot get to easily, often used in stories

to throw away the key

Informal

18 8.8

Put someone in prison for life with no hope of release

far and away

16 3.7

By a lot more than others

worlds away

Informal

16 6.8

Very different in life, feeling, or situation

from a mile away

Informal

11 3.6

Easy to see or notice even from far away

to dance the night away

Informal

7 4.4

To spend a long time moving to music until very late at night

to give away the store

Informal

3 8.1

Agree to too much in a deal and lose money

away with you

3 9.6

To tell someone to leave in a rude, angry way

to walk away without a scratch

2 4.2

Leave a dangerous situation without getting hurt

up and away

Informal

1 4.6

Started well and now moving forward quickly

away with the fairies

1 9.9

Being lost in pleasant daydreams and not paying attention

over the hills and far away

Literature

1 8.1

To travel to a distant place to find adventure

to take one's breath away

Informal

1 4.1

Make someone feel very surprised and unable to speak

to chase away the gloom

1 5.5

Make someone feel less sad and more cheerful

to bear away the bell

Archaic

9.9

Win first place in a competition

as far away as Timbuktu

Informal

8.4

Extremely far away and hard to reach or get

away with someone

9.9

Tells someone angrily to go away

to lock him up and throw away the key

Informal

9.5

Put someone in prison and never let them out

to ride hard and put away wet

Archaic

9.9

To be extremely tired and worn after hard work or rough treatment

out and away

6.2

Far better than the others

Compounds

take away

38 3.2

The main point to remember from a talk or meeting

going away

26 3.2

Leaving a place or people to live somewhere else for a long time

home away from home

20 2.9

A place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own house

away game

9 2.7

A sports match played at the other team's stadium

take-away

6 3.5

The most important idea you learn from a talk or meeting

turning away

4 5.8

Choosing to avoid someone or to stop something from happening

running away

2 3.8

Leaving home or another place without permission when you should stay

take-away

1 2.3

Food prepared to be eaten somewhere else, not in the shop

breaking away

1 5.0

An act of leaving a group suddenly to be on your own

wasting away

1 7.5

Parts of the body slowly become smaller because of disease or lack of use

fading away

1 3.8

A slow loss of brightness, sound, or strength until almost gone

haul-away

1 4.9

Ready for a pickup service to take away

wearing away

Specialized

1 5.1

Slow loss of a surface by water, wind, or rubbing

eating away

4.9

Slow wearing away of something by natural forces or repeated harm

haul-away

3.4

A service that takes away unwanted items

haul-away

4.1

A truck that takes away waste and unwanted items

throwing away

2.6

Getting rid of things you do not want

How Active

engaged

126 3.4

active

4 5.6

to lurk

Jargon

8 8.1

off one's feed

Texting

9.9

away

474 1.0

inactive

9 3.0

Surface Forms

away positive

Etymology

Away comes from a- ('from') + way ('way'), and originally meant someone was 'on the way' to another place. That's why when someone is away they are not present because they have gone to another place.