FromMiddle Englishaway,awey,awei,oway,o wey,on way, fromOld Englishāweġ,onweġ(“away”), originallyon weġ(“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent toa-(“on”) +way.
Cognate withScotsawa,away(“away”),Old Frisianaweg,awei(“away”),Saterland Frisianwäch,wääge(“away”),Dutchweg(“away”),Germanweg(“away”),Danishvæk(“away”),Swedishi väg(“away; off; along”).
away (notcomparable)
- From a place,hence.
He wentaway on vacation.
1921,Ben Travers, chapter 5, inA Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Company, published1925,→OCLC:The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments[…]; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavilyaway into obscurity.
2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, inThe Economist, volume411, number8891:One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping itaway in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
- Aside; off; in another direction.
I tried to approach him, but he turnedaway.
- Aside, so as to discard something.
throwaway,chuckaway,tossaway
- At a stated distance in time or space.
Christmas is only two weeksaway.
1948,Carey McWilliams,North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page25:While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand milesaway, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8839, page52:From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumbleaway.
- In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
I'll dry the dishes and you put themaway.
Please fileaway these documents.
- In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
The jewels were lockedaway in the safe.
He was shutaway in the castle tower for six months.
- From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
fadeaway,dieaway
I'll sleep the rest of the dayaway/out and, hopefully, I'll manage to sleep this hangover off/away.
- So as to remove or use up something.
The weather has wornaway the inscription, and it is no longer legible.
Please wipeaway this spilled drink.
That's where tourists go to hear great Cuban bands and dance the nightaway.
- (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!
- 1933+, Fran Striker,TheLone Ranger, WXYZ-AM
- Hi-yo Silver,away!
- On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
She's been in her room all day, workingaway at her computer.
- Without restraint.
You've got questions? Askaway!
I saw her whalingaway at her detractors.
from a place; hence
- Albanian:shkuar (sq)
- Arabic:بَعِيدًا (ar)(baʕīdan)
- Egyptian Arabic:بعيد(beʕīd)
- Belarusian:прэч(preč)
- Bulgarian:дале́ч(daléč)
- Catalan:fora (ca)
- Cimbrian:budar
- Czech:pryč (cs)
- Danish:væk
- Dutch:weg (nl)
- Finnish:pois (fi),poispäin
- French:loin (fr)
- German:fort (de),weg (de)
- Gothic:𐌰𐍆(af)
- Greek:μακριά (el)(makriá)
- Ancient:ἀπό(apó),ἀπο-(apo-)
- Icelandic:í brott
- Ingrian:pois,pakkoo,väljää,vällää,poikkee
- Italian:via (it)
- Japanese:遠くに(tooku ni),遠方に(empou ni)
- K'iche':ub'i,ub'ik,b'ik
- Khmer:ឆ្ងាយ (km)(cŋaay)
- Latin:hinc (la),a loco,loci (la),foras (la),foris (la)
- Luxembourgish:ewech
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:bort (no),vekk
- Nynorsk:bort
- Pashto:لرې(lëre)
- Polish:stąd (pl),precz (pl)
- Portuguese:embora (pt)
- Romanian:de aici
- Russian:прочь (ru)(pročʹ),вон (ru)(von),доло́й (ru)(dolój)
- Slovak:preč
- Slovene:pròč,strán (sl)
- Spanish:fuera (es)
- Swedish:bort (sv),iväg (sv),åstad (sv)(dated)
- Tocharian B:at
- Ukrainian:геть (uk)(hetʹ),пріч(prič)
- Welsh:i ffwrdd,bant(South Wales)
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at a distance in time or space
aside; off; in another direction
from a state or condition of being; out of existence
equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
on; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away
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away
- (Scotland, dismissal)Away with you!Go away!
away (notcomparable)
- Nothere,gone, absent,unavailable,traveling; onvacation.
The master isaway from home.
Would you pick up my mail while I'maway.
- At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
He's milesaway by now.
Spring is still a monthaway.
My office is only an houraway.
- (chiefly sports) Not on one'shome territory.
This is the entrance foraway supporters.
Next, they are playingaway in Dallas.
- (baseball, following the noun modified)Out.
Two menaway in the bottom of the ninth.
- (golf) Being theplayer whoseball lies farthest from thehole (or, indisc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target).
2016, Justin Menickelli, Ryan Pickens,Definitive Guide to Disc Golf:For example, immediately after every person in the group has teed off, if you are clearly theaway player (perhaps because you smacked your drive into the tree closest to the tee pad), you should grab your bag and try to be the first person advancing down the fairway.
away (third-person singular simple presentaways,present participleawaying,simple past and past participleawayed)
- (intransitive, poetic) To depart; to go to another place.
At 9 o'clock sharp heawayed to bed.
Seeaweigh.
away
- Misspelling ofaweigh.
- “away”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
Inherited fromProto-Philippine*áway.
- Hyphenation:a‧way
- IPA(key): /ˈʔawaj/ [ˈʔa.wɐɪ̯]
áway (Badlit spellingᜀᜏᜌ᜔)
- afight; aphysicalconfrontation
- Synonym:buno
- aquarrel; a heated argument
- Synonym:bingkil
- (sports) aboxing ormartial artsmatch
- Synonym:takos
- awar
- Synonym:gubat
away
- alternative form ofawey
away
- (transitive) Toweave.
1 The conjugation-niku is only for theAyacucho-Chanca variety.
2 The form -sun refers to "you and I together", while the form -sunchik refers to "you and I and other people".
Inherited fromProto-Philippine*áway. CompareCebuanoaway andWaray-Warayaway.
away (Baybayin spellingᜀᜏᜌ᜔)
- fight;quarrel;dispute
- Synonyms:alit,alitan,bangay,bangayan,pag-aaway,babag,pagtatalo,hidwaan,tunggalian,labanan,taltalan,talakan
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*áway”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI
Inherited fromProto-Philippine*áway.
away
- fight;quarrel;altercation;trouble
away
- alternative form ofawye
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page86:More trolleen, an yalpeen, an moulteenaway.- More rolling and spewing, and piningaway.
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page86
