way [countable noun] 1 method, style, behaviour: I liked the way she did the presentation. 2 route, road, direction, distance: Can you tell me the way to the City Hall? [adverb] by a large amount: I am way behind in my work. Grammar patterns 1. A good way of curing hiccups is to drink lots of water. 2. The best way to get to Harlem is to take the A-train. 3. Can you do my hair in a different way this time? 4. I don’t like the way Gary shouts at the kids. 5. We made our way towards the lighthouse.
way Collocations The following adjectives aften go with way, in the sense of method, style, behavior: easy, good, best, proper, hard, ideal, quick, right, wrong, possible, new, old, different, same, funny, and strange.: You always do it the hard way. The following adjectives aften go with way in the sense of route, road, direction, distance: best, long, quickest, shortest, right, wrong, own, and separate: what’s the quickest way to Dublin from Belfast? Verbs that often go before “determiner + way” are: go, lose, find, make, ask, tell, know, show, and lead: We lost our way in the darness. Verbs that go with way (without the) are: give and make: Make way! Ther’s a houseboat coming! ·You have to give way to the traffic on your right.
way Set phrases No way. Would you ever go on a quiz show? ~No way. By the way in a bad way = ill or not well. all the way / the whole way = during the journey. either way… You can take the old road or the new one: either way, it will take an hour or so.