way

noun

1. 1

   how a result is obtained or an end is achieved

   a means of control

   an example is the best agency of instruction

2. 2

   a journey or passage

   they are on the way

3. 3

   a course of conduct

   the path of virtue

   we went our separate ways

4. 4

   any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

   he said he was looking for the way out

5. 5

   how something is done or how it happens

   her dignified manner

   his rapid manner of talking

6. 6

   the property of distance in general

   it's a long way to Moscow

   he went a long ways

7. 7

   doing as one pleases or chooses

   if I had my way

8. 8

   a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

   they didn't have much in the way of clothing

9. 9

   a line leading to a place or point

   he looked the other direction

   didn't know the way home

10. 10

    a portion of something divided into shares

    they split the loot three ways

11. 11

    space for movement

    room to pass

    make way for

12. 12

    the condition of things generally

    that's the way it is

    I felt the same way