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- DictionaryPath/paTH/
noun
- 1. a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading: "the path continues alongside the river for half a mile" Similar footpathpathwaytrackjogging tracktrailtrackwayrideridingtowpathwalkwalkwaypromenadeesplanadeavenuelanealleyalleywaypassagepassagewaybywaysidetrackbermcausewayright of waypavementfootwaybridlewaybridle pathcycle pathcycle trackcyclewaysidewalkbikewaytracepavé
- ▪ the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving: "the missile traced a fiery path in the sky" Similar routewaycourseapproachroaddirectionbearinglinetrackbeatroundrunorbittrajectory
- ▪ a course of action or conduct: "an ordered, gradual path toward economic liberalization" Similar course of actionrouteroadavenueproceduredirectionlineapproachtackmethodsystemschemestrategytacticplanformula
- ▪ a schedule available for allocation to an individual railroad train over a given route.
- ▪ a definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program.
Word Origin Old Englishpæth, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pad, German Pfad, of unknown ultimate origin.
Derivatives
- 1. pathless adjective
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