noun
Meaning 1
A footpath or other path or track.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- follow the pathway
- go down the pathway
- on the pathway
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pathway
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːθˌweɪ/
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Northern-England, US: /ˈpæθˌweɪ/
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CMU ARPABET: P AE1 TH W EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A course of action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- the pathway to success
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a trodden path
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: footpath
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: path
noun
Meaning 5
a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: white matter, substantia alba
Narrower terms: optic radiation, radiatio optica, commissure, peduncle, cerebral peduncle
History
Etymology
From Middle English pathwei, equivalent to path + way. Cognate with German Pfadweg, Afrikaans padweg.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пътека (pǎteka) — footpath, path or track
- Galician: camiño — footpath, path or track
- Galician: sendeiro — footpath, path or track
- Galician: carreiro — footpath, path or track
- German: Bahn — footpath, path or track
- German: Pfad — footpath, path or track
- Hindi: पथ (path) — footpath, path or track
- Hindi: पगडंडी (pagḍaṇḍī) — footpath, path or track
- Ngunawal: mura — footpath, path or track
- Ngunawal: murra — footpath, path or track
- Polish: ścieżka — footpath, path or track
- Polish: dróżka — footpath, path or track
- Polish: szlak — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: camino — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: sendero — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: senda — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: pasil — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: calzada — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: vía — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: trocha — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: trillo — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: arriate — footpath, path or track
- Spanish: portillo — footpath, path or track
- Swedish: stig — footpath, path or track
- Turkish: patika — footpath, path or track
- Turkish: yolak — footpath, path or track
- French: voie — biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds
- Galician: vía — biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds
- Galician: ruta — biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds
- Indonesian: lintasan — biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds
- Italian: via — biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds
- Malay: tapak jalan — biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds
- Polish: szlak — biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds
- Portuguese: via — biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds
- Spanish: vía — biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds
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