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away

away

19 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.

  • We should go when they get back from these away games.

  • We practice every day and take buses with the guys to the away games.

  • 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

road game
vsaway
  • US
13 3.5

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

is the same idea but uses an alternative casual phrase
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

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Relating to your own house, town, or country

Idioms

915 1.0

Without any delay

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

18 8.8

Put someone in prison for life with no hope of release

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

7 4.4

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

3 8.1

Agree to too much in a deal and lose money

3 9.6

To tell someone to leave in a rude, angry way

Leave a dangerous situation without getting hurt

up and away
  • Informal
1 4.6

Started well and now moving forward quickly

Being lost in pleasant daydreams and not paying attention

1 8.1

To travel to a distant place to find adventure

1 4.1

Make someone feel very surprised and unable to speak

Make someone feel less sad and more cheerful

9.9

Win first place in a competition

Extremely far away and hard to reach or get

Tells someone angrily to go away

Put someone in prison and never let them out

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

Far better than the others

Compounds

38 3.2

The main point to remember from a talk or meeting

26 3.2

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

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

9 2.7

A sports match played at the other team's stadium

6 3.5

The most important idea you learn from a talk or meeting

4 5.8

Choosing to avoid someone or to stop something from happening

2 3.8

Leaving home or another place without permission when you should stay

1 2.3

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

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

1 7.5

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

1 3.8

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

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

Slow wearing away of something by natural forces or repeated harm

3.4

A service that takes away unwanted items

4.1

A truck that takes away waste and unwanted items

Getting rid of things you do not want

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.