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a suffix appearing in native English adverbs: always; sideways.[ME; see WAY1, -S1]
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ways — ways; side·ways; bar·ways; bend sin·is·ter·ways; bend·ways; chev·ron·ways; cor·ner·ways; pale·ways; sal·tire·ways; slanch·ways; some·ways; … English syllables
Ways — Ways … Wikipédia en Français
WAYS — may stand for:* World Association of Young Scientists, formerly World Academy of Young Scientists * WAYS (AM), an AM radio station in Macon, Georgia * WAYS FM, an FM radio station in Macon, GeorgiaThe term ways is also an alternative name for… … Wikipedia
ways — I was standing out in the street a little ways, wrote the American novelist Tom Wolfe in his Bonfire of the Vanities (1987). This use of the plural ways, meaning ‘at some indeterminate distance (in time or place)’ is related to a use (with a… … Modern English usage
-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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ways — a sloping structure down which a new ship is launched. → way ways parts into which something divides or is divided. → way … English new terms dictionary
ways — index approaches, conduct, deportment, means (opportunity), policy (plan of action), presence (pois … Law dictionary
ways — [ weız ] suffix in a particular direction: used with some nouns: sideways … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
WAYS (AM) — Infobox Radio station name = WAYS city = Macon, Georgia area = Macon and Vicinity branding = Oldies Radio 1500 slogan = Macon s True Oldies Channel airdate = frequency = 1500 kHz format = Oldies power = 1,000 watts (day only) class = D facility… … Wikipedia
ways — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scaffolding, props, support, stays, frame, ground ways, bilge ways, sliding ways, launching ways, platform, framework, shores, struts … English dictionary for students
ways — noun a) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched. […] “We still have a ways to go with patterns.” b) A distance. “You still have a ways to go with everything,” I told him … Wiktionary
