"in the way of" meaning in English

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Preposition

Audio: En-au-in the way of.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|preposition}} in the way of
  1. (idiomatic) In relation to; in connection with; with respect to. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: by way of, in the way Translations (in relation to): 關於 (Chinese Mandarin), 关于 (guānyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 對於 (Chinese Mandarin), 对于 (duìyú) (Chinese Mandarin), liittyen (Finnish), suhteen (Finnish), par rapport à (French), -çe (Turkish), -ca (Turkish), -ça (Turkish), -ce (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_way_of-en-prep-VdWtUwKw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasal prepositions, English prepositions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 5 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 88 4 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal prepositions: 67 17 15 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 80 9 11 Disambiguation of 'in relation to': 94 4 2
  2. (idiomatic) In or into a position of being likely to obtain, to attain, or to achieve. Tags: idiomatic Translations (in a position of being likely to obtain): 讓……能夠 (Chinese Mandarin), 让……能够 (ràng... nénggòu) (Chinese Mandarin), auttaa (english: to put in the way of) (Finnish), en mesure de (French)
    Sense id: en-in_the_way_of-en-prep-n4doofmK Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of 'in a position of being likely to obtain': 7 92 2
  3. (idiomatic) Similar to; as an instance of; as a kind of. Tags: idiomatic Translations (similar to): 類似於 (Chinese Mandarin), 类似于 (lèisì yú) (Chinese Mandarin), tapainen (Finnish), du genre de (French)
    Sense id: en-in_the_way_of-en-prep-HVPmfiZY Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of 'similar to': 2 1 97

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