See way on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "way",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The committee made a good decision about which way to make the machine."
},
{
"text": "One way to cook food is to put it in an oven; another way is with a flame."
},
{
"text": "I do things my own way."
},
{
"text": "That way of thinking will not solve the problem."
},
{
"text": "Farming is a great way of life."
},
{
"text": "A car crash was the same way my dad died."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A way is how someone does something."
],
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"raw_tags": [
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]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She dresses that way every day."
},
{
"text": "I started to see things in a different way."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A way is a style."
],
"id": "simple-way-en-noun-qJyjkfkz",
"raw_tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Do you know the way to the lunch room?"
},
{
"text": "I was on my way to Paris when I got lost."
},
{
"text": "He went out of his way to bring me the coffee."
},
{
"text": "It's a long way from where I started."
},
{
"text": "Could you move your car out of my way?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A way is a path, a road, or a route; how you get to a certain place."
],
"id": "simple-way-en-noun-ZJIi~bKs",
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"enpr": "wā"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ/"
},
{
"sampa": "/weI/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-way.ogg",
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"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"audio": "en-uk-way.ogg",
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"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"weigh",
"wey",
"way"
]
}
],
"word": "way"
}
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I think that it's way too early to tell what the result will be."
},
{
"text": "We missed. In fact we were way way off."
}
],
"glosses": [
"very far"
],
"id": "simple-way-en-adv-M5ocly7V"
}
],
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},
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},
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},
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"weigh",
"wey",
"way"
]
}
],
"word": "way"
}
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},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The committee made a good decision about which way to make the machine."
},
{
"text": "One way to cook food is to put it in an oven; another way is with a flame."
},
{
"text": "I do things my own way."
},
{
"text": "That way of thinking will not solve the problem."
},
{
"text": "Farming is a great way of life."
},
{
"text": "A car crash was the same way my dad died."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A way is how someone does something."
],
"raw_tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Countable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She dresses that way every day."
},
{
"text": "I started to see things in a different way."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A way is a style."
],
"raw_tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Countable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Do you know the way to the lunch room?"
},
{
"text": "I was on my way to Paris when I got lost."
},
{
"text": "He went out of his way to bring me the coffee."
},
{
"text": "It's a long way from where I started."
},
{
"text": "Could you move your car out of my way?"
}
],
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"A way is a path, a road, or a route; how you get to a certain place."
],
"raw_tags": [
"countable"
]
}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ/"
},
{
"sampa": "/weI/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-way.ogg",
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"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-way.ogg",
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"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
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"weigh",
"wey",
"way"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I think that it's way too early to tell what the result will be."
},
{
"text": "We missed. In fact we were way way off."
}
],
"glosses": [
"very far"
]
}
],
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"enpr": "wā"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ/"
},
{
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},
{
"audio": "en-us-way.ogg",
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"Audio"
],
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"US"
]
},
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"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"wey",
"way"
]
}
],
"word": "way"
}
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