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away
adv. in another place; far, at a great distance
 
adj. not on the home field, played on another team's field (Sports)


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Away
Away is a play by the Australian playwright Michael Gow. First performed by the Griffin Theatre Company in 1986, it tells the story of three internally-conflicted families holidaying on the coast for Christmas1968. It has become the most widely produced Australian play of all time and is part of the Higher School Certificate syllabi or general High School Curriculum in many states, including Western Australia and New South Wales.
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away
Adjective
1. distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away"
(synonym) away(p)
(similar) distant
2. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"
(synonym) away(p), gone(p), departed(a)
(similar) absent
3. used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"
(antonym) home(a)
(classification) sport, athletics
4. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
(synonym) outside
(similar) inaccurate
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
Adverb
1. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"
(synonym) off, forth
(classification) archaism, archaicism
2. from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
(synonym) out
3. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
(synonym) aside
4. out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"
5. at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"
(synonym) off
6. indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"
7. so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
8. freely or at will; "fire away!"
9. in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
10. in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"
(synonym) aside
11. in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"
(synonym) aside, by


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Away
(adv.)
On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
  
 
(adv.)
From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
  
 
(adv.)
From a place; hence.
  
 
(adv.)
By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
  
 
(adv.)
Aside; off; in another direction.
  
 
(adv.)
Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
  

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Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance DictionaryDownload this dictionary
Away
trade, quote, or market that does not originate with the dealer in question, e.g., "the bid  is 98-10 away from me."


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