away

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/əˈweɪ/

adj 6adv 5intj 1verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

better, far, ready, right, underground

The old subway station had been sealed away underground for nearly fifty years.

VERB + AWAY

blocks, break, cannot, club, decide, get, go, mail

She decided to move away from the city and start a new life in the countryside.

AWAY + NOUN

home, japan, life's, parents, problems, sewers, vacation, years

He ran away from home when he was just sixteen years old.

PREP.

from, in, on, with

She walked away from the noisy party without saying goodbye to anyone.

Definitions

adv

From a place, hence.

He went away on vacation.

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 heavily away into obscurity.

Aside; off; in another direction.

I tried to approach him, but he turned away.

Aside, so as to discard something.

throw away, chuck away, toss away

At a stated distance in time or space.

Christmas is only two weeks away.

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 miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

In or to something's usual or proper storage place.

I'll dry the dishes and you put them away.

Please file away these documents.

intj

Away with you! Go away! Begone!

adj

Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.

The master is away from home.

Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.

At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.

He's miles away by now.

Spring is still a month away.

Not on one's home territory.

This is the entrance for away supporters.

Next, they are playing away in Dallas.

Out.

Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.

Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target).

For example, immediately after every person in the group has teed off, if you are clearly the away 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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the

outside

adverb — from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obs

adverb — from one's possession

adverb — in reserve

adverb — out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

aside

adverb — in a different direction

aside

adverb — at a distance in space or time

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

home away from home

A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.

I stayed in a lot of hotels in New York with the Dead and with Jerry's band, but the Navarro, more than any other, became our home away from home.

when the cat's away the mice will play

In the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.

pass away

To die.

After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.

waste away

To lose energy or become weak and feeble.

She watched him waste away from lack of food or exercise.

square away

To square the ship's yards to make her run before the wind, with the wind blowing straight from the stern.

Accordingly, when the wheel was relieved at eight o'clock, the order was given to keep her due north, and all hands were turned up to square away the yards and make sail.

Example Bank

He went away on vacation.

Wiktionary

One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure exc

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The master is away from home.

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Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.

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He's miles away by now.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, away is marked as poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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