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a passage cleared for public vehicular travel<the town honored the local sports hero by naming after him a short way connecting two shopping centers>Synonymsartery, avenue, boulevard, drag, drive, expressway, freeway, highroad, highway, pass, passageway, pike, road, roadway, route, row, street, thoroughfare, trace, turnpikeRelated Wordscauseway; alley, alleyway, bystreet, byway, catwalk, court, lane, place; approach, concourse, path, walkway; access; dead end; aisle, corridor, course, line; track, trail; channel; corduroy, tarmac; crossroad; bypass, overpass, underpass; cloverleaf, rotary
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a usual manner of behaving or doing<sheʼs set in her ways and is not about to change>— see habit
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an established course for traveling from one place to another<took the regular way>— see passage 1
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an established pattern of behavior<that's just his way, so pay him no mind>— see tendency 1
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an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing<made way for them to pass>— see room 1
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the direction along which something or someone moves<go the same way that the school bus does>— see path 1
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the means or procedure for doing something<figured out the best way to accomplish the task>— see method
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the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure<we came in the back way>— see door 2
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the power, right, or opportunity to choose<have it your way>— see choice 1
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the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects<it's just a little way down the road>— see distance
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