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way
n. path; lane; road; track; method, procedure, manner; direction; distance; style or manner particular to someone or something; progress


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WAYS
WAYS may stand for:World Academy of Young Scientists,WAYS (AM), an AM radio station in Macon, Georgia.WAYS-FM, an FM radio station in Macon, Georgia.The term ways is also an alternative name for slipway. A ship undergoing construction in a shipyard is said to be on the ways. If a ship were scrapped there, she is said to be broken up in the ways.
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ways
Noun
1. the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
(synonym) way
(hypernym) distance
(classification) colloquialism
2. structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
(synonym) shipway, slipway
(hypernym) structure, construction
(part-holonym) shipyard
Adverb
1. n is between 2 and infinity; "They split the loot four ways"
(synonym) n-ways

 
way
Noun
1. how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
(synonym) manner, mode, style, fashion
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) artistic style, idiom
2. how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
(synonym) means, agency
(hypernym) implementation, effectuation
(hyponym) dint
3. a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
(hypernym) journey, journeying
4. the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
(hypernym) condition, status
5. a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
(synonym) path, way of life
(hypernym) course, course of action
(hyponym) ambages
6. any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) access, approach
(part-holonym) transportation system, transportation, transit
(part-meronym) wayside, roadside
7. a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
(synonym) direction
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(hyponym) bearing, heading, aim
8. the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
(synonym) ways
(hypernym) distance
(classification) colloquialism
9. doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
(hypernym) choice, pick, selection
10. a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
(hypernym) category
11. space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
(synonym) room, elbow room
(hypernym) position, spatial relation
(hyponym) seating, seats, seating room, seating area
12. a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways"
(hypernym) share, portion, part, percentage
Adverb
1. to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on"
(synonym) right smart
(classification) colloquialism


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
ways

A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s (see -wards). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc.
  

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一意孤行
yi2 yi4 gu1 xing2
One idea, one way.
Insisting on having one's own way. To cling obstinately to one's course. Compare with 孤行己见 (gu1 xing2 ji3 jian4).

 
各自为战
ge4 zi4 wei2 zhan4
Each fights his own battle.
Compare with 各自为政 (ge4 zi4 wei2 zheng4).

 
各自为政
ge4 zi4 wei2 zheng4
Each following his own policy.
Each person doing things his own way in disregard of the overall situation. Compare with 各自为战 (ge4 zi4 wei2 zhan4).

 
因势利导
yin1 shi4 li4 dao3
Lead something along its way.
Guiding someone or something along its way of development.

 
孤行己见
gu1 xing2 ji3 jian4
Only the way that is seen by oneself.
To follow one's bigoted course. Compare with 一意孤行 (yi2 yi4 gu1 xing2).

 
老马识途
lao3 ma3 shi2 tu2
An old horse knows the way.
Said about a person who knows how to deal with different situations. An old hand is a good guide.

 
走后门
zou3 hou4 men2
Going through the back door.
To use unofficial ways or shortcuts.


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