"pathway" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɑːθˌweɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpæθˌweɪ/ [Northern-England, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-pathway.wav [US] Forms: pathways [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pathwei, equivalent to path + way. Cognate with German Pfadweg, Afrikaans padweg. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pathwei}} Middle English pathwei, {{compound|en|path|way}} path + way, {{cog|de|Pfadweg}} German Pfadweg, {{cog|af|padweg}} Afrikaans padweg Head templates: {{en-noun}} pathway (plural pathways)
  1. A footpath or other path or track. Categories (topical): Roads Translations (footpath, path or track): пътека (pǎteka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), camiño [masculine] (Galician), sendeiro [masculine] (Galician), carreiro [masculine] (Galician), Bahn [feminine] (German), Pfad [masculine] (German), mura (Ngunawal), murra (Ngunawal), stig [common-gender] (Swedish), patika (Turkish), yolak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pathway-en-noun-SD3-IN2h Disambiguation of Roads: 75 12 13 Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'footpath, path or track': 94 1 5
  2. (biochemistry) A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism. Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds): voie (French), lintasan (Indonesian), via (Italian), tapak jalan (Malay), via (Portuguese), via (Spanish), ruta (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pathway-en-noun-AiFpsimi Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds': 1 97 3
  3. (figurative) A course of action. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-pathway-en-noun-FmTpjefp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 18 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 24 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: geniculostriate pathway, hedgehog signalling pathway, mesolimbic pathway, metabolic pathway, pentose phosphate pathway, signalling pathway

Inflected forms

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