way
- noun
- /weɪ/
- It's about trying different ways of being, living and doing.
- two ways
- three ways
Examples
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Music education will never be the most efficient way to achieve improved learning in other subjects.
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For example, participants could share ideas about ways to recycle or experiment for the science fair.
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And so basically these are two ways of writing the same thing.
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Much less attention has been focused on the ways to use this knowledge in the future.
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Teachers are encouraged to think of creative ways to use computer software beyond its primary function.
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In all these ways, then, clothing has changed the ways in which we feel and behave.
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What we've created is a way of life, not just a house.
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The use of technology is a convenient and efficient way to get information to stakeholders.
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Finally, seven students also talked in ways that revealed their own self-investment in their academics.
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The team discussed various ways to improve communication among members.
Synonyms
A part of money, food or property given to someone
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To learn something through mistakes and problems instead of taking an easier path
- Informal
Find out by going through a difficult or painful experience instead of being warned
Compounds
A group of stars that contains our solar system and looks like a band of light in the night sky
A large group of stars that contains the solar system and looks like a faint milky band in the sky
- Specialized
Point in the sky showing the direction the Sun and solar system move among the stars
- Slur
A way of behaving that shows you are very gentle and easily upset, often used to insult men
- Specialized
The time a light signal takes to travel in one direction from Earth to a planet like Mars
- Specialized
A device that lets you turn a light on or off from two different places
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Etymology
Way in the sense of sharing, as in 'split three ways', comes from the idea of different 'directions' or 'courses' to divide something. A helpful way to remember is to imagine cutting something along different paths so each 'way' is a 'part' or share.