Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v["a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via, Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.]
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That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine. ``To find the way to heaven.''
--Shak.I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
--Chaucer.The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
--Milton.The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
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Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail.
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A moving; passage; procession; journey.
I prythee, now, lead the way.
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Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
If that way be your walk, you have not far.
--Milton.And let eternal justice take the way.
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The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
My best way is to creep under his gaberdine.
--Shak.By noble ways we conquest will prepare.
--Dryden.What impious ways my wishes took!
--Prior. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
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Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. ``Having lost the way of nobleness.''
--Sir. P. Sidney.Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
--Prov. iii. 17.When men lived in a grander way.
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Sphere or scope of observation.
--Jer. Taylor.The public ministers that fell in my way.
--Sir W. Temple. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
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(Naut.)
Progress; as, a ship has way.
pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
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(Law) Right of way. See below. By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse. By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of. Covert way. (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered. In the family way. See under Family. In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc. In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of. Milky way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1. No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the Vocabulary. On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this country; on the way to success. Out of the way. See under Out. Right of way (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent. To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. To give way. See under Give. To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to depart or come along. --Shak. To go one's way to proceed in a manner favorable to one; -- of events. To come one's way to come into one's possession (of objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; as, good things will come your way. To go the way of all the earth or to go the way of all flesh to die. To make one's way, to advance in life by one's personal efforts. To make way. See under Make, v. t. Ways and means.
Methods; resources; facilities.
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(Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for revenue.
Way leave, permission to cross, or a right of way across, land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
Way of the cross (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in rotation the stations of the cross. See Station, n., 7
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Way of the rounds (Fort.), a space left for the passage of the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified town.
Way pane, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See Pane, n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
Way passenger, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some intermediate place between the principal stations on a line of travel.
Ways of God, his providential government, or his works.
Way station, an intermediate station between principal stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
Way train, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way, stations; an accommodation train.
Way warden, the surveyor of a road.
Syn: Street; highway; road.
Usage: Way, Street, Highway, Road. Way is generic, denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically, a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and, hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or highways in compact settlements.
All keep the broad highway, and take delight With many rather for to go astray.
--Spenser.There is but one road by which to climb up.
--Addison.When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
n. (context uncountable English) The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.
WordNet
n. the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another
the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass
Wikipedia
A right of way (alternatively right-of-way) gives permission to access a route. The term may also refer to:
- Right of way in predominately British usage, which allows the use of a footpath or other route on privately owned land
- Right-of-way (transportation) in chiefly American usage, an easement or grant to use the land, in order to construct transportation facilities
- Right-of-way (traffic), allowing priority use of a traffic path, to the exclusion of another user
- Right of way, priority of attacking in fencing
Right of Way is a trance album by DJ Ferry Corsten. It was the first album to be released under his own name. The album spawned three singles: "Punk" (UK #29), "Rock Your Body, Rock" (UK #11) and "It's Time" (UK #51).
Right of Way is a 1983 American HBO made-for-television drama film written by Richard Lees and starring Bette Davis and James Stewart, and directed by George Schaefer.
The TV movie stars film veterans Davis and Stewart as an elderly long-married couple who must decide how to deal with the situation of one of them being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Melinda Dillon and Priscilla Morrill also star.
A right of way in shipping means a collection of all sailing rules on the water roads. It concerns passing, overtaking and priority. In the bigger sense, the right of way concerns also using the lights, signs and signals, the behaviour of sailors during bad weather condition and all of the rules of being a sailor.
Several sets of rules have been published. The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea apply to vessels at sea, while the Code Européen des Voies de la Navigation Intérieure applies to vessels navigating Europe inland and the International Sailing Federation has published Racing Rules of Sailing.
Category:Shipping Category:Law of the sea
Right of way is a term used to describe "the legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another", or "a path or thoroughfare subject to such a right". A similar right of access also exists on some public land in the United States and Canada, as well as Australia and New Zealand (where such land may alternatively be called Crown land).
In some countries, especially in Northern Europe, where the freedom to roam has historically taken the form of general public rights, a right of way may not be restricted to specific paths or trails. Alternatively, the right of way may be limited. When one person owns a piece of land which is bordered on all sides by lands owned by others, a court will be obliged to grant that person a right of way through the bordering land.
Usage examples of "right of way".
Only the bowmen may dispute the right of way, and, knowing their secret, I doubt that they have power to harm us.
To redeem religion from unwholesome privacy, and to give public status and universal right of way to its deliverances, has been reason's task.
A less complete way is the simultaneous coexistence of two or more different groups of aims, of which one practically holds the right of way and instigates activity, whilst the others are only pious wishes, and never practically come to anything.
For the greater part they skimmed along the surface of the sward, soaring gracefully into the air at times to pass over a slower-going driver ahead, or at intersections, where the north and south traffic has the right of way and the east and west must rise above it.
Angry coachmen shouted and argued, demanding right of way, proclaiming the importance of their passengers.
The fleurms could inflict nasty bites, but they were shy creatures, nearly blind, and greatly preferred to relinquish the right of way when given the choice.
Our official vehicle has right of way but the streets are so crowded it's still a slow journey.
They look like they might be inclined to argue over right of way, but when they recognise Lisutaris's rainbow livery on the side of the carriage, they hastily move, not wishing to be blasted by a spell.
Motorists' name for the kind of pedestrian who stands beside a main road and waves on the traffic, as if it's their right of way.
Fifty meters was just about the width of the right of way and there was one claymore spaced every two meters, or six feet, for two hundred and fifty meters on either side of the road, on both sides of the interstate.
The Junkers needed cash up front, Marion County wanted some of the land both for public right of way and some to sell.
Birdie would have to give up some of his land as a right of way, which would put a public road right across his original property.
He habitually did this, for his very presence was a charm which magically gave him right of way through all traffic.