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I Weɪ Adverb Bre Finished Race Ahead Runners

Word way
WordType (adverb)
Phonetic BrE / weɪ / NAmE / weɪ /
Example
  • she finished the race way ahead of the other runners.
  • i must be going home; it's way past my bedtime.
  • the price is way above what we can afford.
  • they live way out in the suburbs.
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way

(adverb)BrE / weɪ / NAmE / weɪ /
  1. very far; by a large amount
    • She finished the race way ahead of the other runners.
    • I must be going home; it's way past my bedtime.
    • The price is way above what we can afford.
    • They live way out in the suburbs.
    • This skirt is way (= a lot) too short.
    • I guessed that there would be a hundred people there, but I was way out (= wrong by a large amount).
  2. very
    • Things just got way difficult.
    • I'm way glad to hear that.
  3. a long time ago
    • I first met him way back in the 80s.
    • Way back, when he was a boy, he had lived on a farm in Wales.

    Word Origin

    • Old English weg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weg and German Weg, from a base meaning ‘move, carry’.
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