way

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This word consists of 3 letters and is spelled as "W-A-Y". It has 1 vowel and 2 consonants.

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way

noun

How to pronunciation way: ˈwā

What does Way Mean?

What does way meaning in English

1. The road in which one travels. I am amaz’d, and lose my way, Among the thorns and dangers of this world. Shakespeare. You cannot see your way. —— —— I have no way, and therefore want no eyes: I stumbled when I saw. Shakesp. K. Lear. To God’s eternal house direct the way, A broad and ample road. Milton. Flutt’ring the god, and weeping said, Pity poor Cupid , generous maid! Who happen’d, being blind, to stray, And on thy bosom lost his way. Prior.
   
2. Broad road made for passengers. Know’st thou the way to Dover ? —— —— Both stile and gate, horse- way, and foot-path. Shakesp.
   
3. A length of journey. An old man that had travelled a great way under a huge burden, found himself so weary, that he called upon death to deliver him. L’Estrange.

Other definitions for way

The definition of 'way' is: a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place

How to spell way

Want to know how to spell way, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "way consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈwā".

Synonyms for way:

There are synonyms for way'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of way:

arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard, carriageway, drag, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, pike, road, roadway

Some words similar to "way"

• unswayable
• archway
• wayland
• highwaymen
• milky-way
• wayne
• away....
• harkaway
• alleyway
• galloway's

The word "way" in works of art

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

David Foster Wallace / Infinite Jest

That life - whatever else it is - is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random. That Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn’t mean we have to bow and grovel to it.

Donna Tartt / The Goldfinch

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe.

The Da Vinci Code / Dan Brown

The very first words she [Circe] said to me caused my heart to fill with courage and delight: 'Stranger, you are from far away, and surely you shall have hardships, but after suffering them, you shall reach your home.'

The Odyssey / Homer

All around, deep shadows, as if the world is becoming dark, the sun is fading away. Everything changes, is fleeting. But when we hold each other hand in hand, in tight embrace, even death doesn't matter. We can hold on to happiness, to love, to each other. We can hold on to life itself.

The Road / Vasily Grossman

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Anna Karenina / Leo Tolstoy

I believe that before all else I am a human being, no less than you - or anyway, no less than those people who call themselves sophisticated and who think they're better than anyone else.

A Doll's House / Henrik Ibsen

The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

The Picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde

It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted.

Middlemarch / George Eliot

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How many points in scrabble for way

How many points is the word "way" in Scrabble? Is "way" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word way is 9

The Role of Setting in Literature

The setting of a literary work can be just as important as the characters and plot. Whether it's a specific time period, a particular location, or even a fictional world, the setting can shape the mood, tone, and atmosphere of a story in significant ways. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," the opulent mansions and glittering parties of the wealthy elite serve as a backdrop for the novel's themes of love, obsession, and the corrupting influence of money. Similarly, the post-apocalyptic world of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" creates a sense of despair and hopelessness that permeates the entire story.