Way

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /weɪ/

Definitions

1. A method, path, or manner of doing something or moving from one place to another
2. A manner, method, or route for accomplishing tasks or traveling between locations
3. A path, technique, or approach used to achieve goals or navigate from one area to another

Etymology: The noun "way" is the same word as the German "Weg," the Dutch "weg," and the Swedish "väg," and it has been a steady part of English since Old English times. Its root is a Proto-Germanic word for a path or road, which also gave Gothic "wigs" (path, road). The original sense was concrete: a track you walked or travelled along. The more abstract senses, such as a method or manner of doing something, grew out of that physical meaning, much as English speakers still say "one way or another" or "the way things are." Its letter-name, "wey," is a different matter. The Lua-generated source notes that it does not come from the word itself. Here the letter's name simply follows the sound it represents, by analogy with other velar letters like "kay" and "gay."

Synonyms: method, manner, approach

Antonyms: impediment, obstruction