away

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Pronunciation
/əˈweɪ/
/əˈweɪ/
Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To depart; to go to another place.

Example Sentences
  • At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.
Adjective
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The master is away from home.
2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He's miles away by now.
3 Definition

Not on one's home territory.

Example Sentences
  • Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
4 Definition

(following the noun modified) Out.

Example Sentences
  • Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
Adverb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

From a place, hence.

Example Sentences
  • He went away on vacation.
2 Definition

Aside; off; in another direction.

Example Sentences
  • I tried to approach him, but he turned away.
3 Definition

Aside, so as to discard something.

Example Sentences
  • throw away, chuck away, toss away
4 Definition

At a stated distance in time or space.

Example Sentences
  • Christmas is only two weeks away.
5 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • I'll dry the dishes and you put them away.
6 Definition

In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.

Example Sentences
  • He was shut away in the castle tower for six months.
7 Definition

From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

Example Sentences
  • fade away, die away
8 Definition

So as to remove or use up something.

Example Sentences
  • Please wipe away this spilled drink.
9 Definition

(as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.

Example Sentences
  • Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!
10 Definition

On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.

Example Sentences
  • She's been in her room all day, working away at her computer.
11 Definition

Without restraint.

Example Sentences
  • I saw her whaling away at her detractors.
Interjection
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Come on!; go on!