way

[[t]wei[/t]] 1. noun

1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) entrée; sortie; issue

2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) direction; chemin

3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) chemin

4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) loin; près

5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) manière

6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) façon

7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) manière

8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) (se) frayer un chemin; venir à bout (de)

2. adverb

((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) (de) loin

- wayfarer

- wayside - be/get on one's way - by the way - fall by the wayside - get/have one's own way - get into / out of the way of doing something - get into / out of the way of something - go out of one's way - have a way with - have it one's own way - in a bad way - in - out of the/someone's way - lose one's way - make one's way - make way for - make way - under way - way of life - ways and means

English-French dictionary. 2014.