Definition of ways
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- a long ways from home
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Broadcasters still have a ways to go before 4K and HDR live sports are standard in households.
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But The Moodies go back a ways and this feels like a real head-scratcher.
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The overall budget bill that includes the prohibition is still a ways from making it to Gov. Jeff Colyer's desk.
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Obviously there is still a ways to go before the Jayhawks extend that absurd 13-season streak, and they could be joined in first place as soon as Tuesday.
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Killebrew got beat several teams in seven-on-seven and two-man route drills, and has a ways to go over the next few months to be in the playing group this fall.
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The northwest Valley suburb shot from just more than 30,000 residents in 2000 to more than 130,000 today and still has a ways to go.
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Some say autonomous vehicles will solve all our road safety problems, but the tech has a ways to go.
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There’s Mack, the rising sophomore who flashed game-breaking ability last fall but still has a ways to go on the pass-protection front.
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Origin and Etymology of ways
Middle English wayes, from genitive of 1way
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First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined above
See Words from the same yearOrigin and Etymology of -ways
Middle English, from ways, genitive of way
WAYS Defined for English Language Learners
WAYS Defined for Kids
-ways
adverb suffix
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ˌwāz
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Definition of -ways for Students
: in such a way, direction, or manner
- sideways
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