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Path Achieving Noun Long Strip Ground People Walk

word path
definition
noun
A path is a long strip of ground which people walk along to get from one place to another.
We followed the path along the clifftops.
Feet had worn a path in the rock.
He went up the garden path to knock on the door.
Your path is the space ahead of you as you move along.
A group of reporters blocked his path.
She did not notice the man until he moved into her path.
The path of something is the line which it moves along in a particular direction.
He stepped without looking into the path of a reversing car.
...people who live near airports or under the flight path of airplanes.
The storm wrecked homes in its path.
A path that you take is a particular course of action or way of achieving something.
The opposition appear to have chosen the path of cooperation rather than confrontation.
He promised that within 100 days he would put the country on the path to economic recovery.
You can say that something is in your path or blocking your path to mean that it is preventing you from doing or achieving what you want .
There are serious obstacles in the path of reform.
inflections paths
cefr-level B1

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