- (used with a preposition or an adverb) very far; by a large amount
- She finished the race way ahead of the other runners.
- children who are way behind in reading skills
- 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.
- I guessed that there would be a hundred people there, but I was way out (= wrong by a large amount).
- This skirt is way too short.
- The project is going way beyond our expectations.
- (used with an adjective) (especially North American English, informal) very
- Things just got way difficult.
- I'm way glad to hear that.
Word OriginOld English weg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weg and German Weg, from a base meaning ‘move, carry’.
Idioms
See way in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryway back (in…)
- 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.
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