[English] The Oxford 3000 Most Important Words
I Weɪ Adverb Bre Finished Race Ahead Runners
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BrE / weɪ / NAmE / weɪ / |
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- 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 / - 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).
- very
- Things just got way difficult.
- I'm way glad to hear that.
- 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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