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away

48 1.0

Played at the other team's place and not at home

adjective
/əˈweɪ/

: visitante

- We're the away team, right?
an away game
an away team
home and away

I I almost liked playing more on away games.

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Examples

The morning session always plays an away game when the afternoon session plays home, and vice versa.

Blog text (10)
We're on an away game.

Eddie (1996)
We should go when they get back from these away games.

A Smile Like Yours (1997)
We practice every day and take buses with the guys to the away games.

Lucas (1986)
For several teams, visitor ticket sales to this away game sold more than even relatively close games.

Academic text (2005)
From that same fan base, a proportion is willing to travel to the away games.

Academic text (2005)
I mean, I remember my first away game, I think it was Watford.
Tickets for away games are sold on consignment for the home team.

Academic text (2005)
We were singing the United States national anthem at an away game, bro.
The team won their away match, surprising everyone with their performance.

Synonyms

away game

vsaway

9 2.7

A sports match played at the other team's stadium

is identical in meaning but often expressed with different wording

road game

vsaway

9 3.5

A sports game played at the opponent's place, not at home

is the same idea but uses an alternative casual phrase

Antonyms

home

9 1.0

Relating to your own house, town, or country

Idioms

right away

960 1.0

Without any delay

a mile away

79 2.8

At a distance of one mile or very easy to notice

to take one's breath away

Informal

33 4.1

Make someone feel very surprised and unable to speak

worlds away

Informal

20 6.8

Very different in life, feeling, or situation

far far away

Literature

15 6.7

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

far and away

14 3.7

By a lot more than others

to throw away the key

Informal

12 8.8

Put someone in prison for life with no hope of release

from a mile away

Informal

6 3.6

Easy to see or notice even from far away

to dance the night away

Informal

5 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

to walk away without a scratch

2 4.2

Leave a dangerous situation without getting hurt

to lock him up and throw away the key

Informal

2 9.5

Put someone in prison and never let them out

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

to bear away the bell

Archaic

9.9

Win first place in a competition

to chase away the gloom

5.5

Make someone feel less sad and more cheerful

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

away with you

9.6

To tell someone to leave in a rude, angry way

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

over the hills and far away

Literature

8.1

To travel to a distant place to find adventure

Compounds

going away

109 3.2

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

running away

78 3.8

Leaving home or another place without permission when you should stay

throwing away

26 2.6

Getting rid of things you do not want

take away

24 3.2

The main point to remember from a talk or meeting

home away from home

16 2.9

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

turning away

11 5.8

Choosing to avoid someone or to stop something from happening

away game

9 2.7

A sports match played at the other team's stadium

eating away

7 4.9

Slow wearing away of something by natural forces or repeated harm

breaking away

5 5.0

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

fading away

5 3.8

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

wasting away

2 7.5

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

take-away

1 3.5

The most important idea you learn from a talk or meeting

take-away

1 2.3

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

haul-away

4.9

Ready for a pickup service to take away

haul-away

3.4

A service that takes away unwanted items

haul-away

4.1

A truck that takes away waste and unwanted items

wearing away

Specialized

5.1

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

Surface Forms

away positive

Etymology

Away comes from a- ('from') + way ('way'), so it points to being 'at another place' rather than here. That's why an away match is played at the opponent's place, not at your home ground.