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away

  • adverb
  • a·way
  • ə-wā'

From a place, hence.

Example

“He went away on vacation.”

Other meanings

  1. Aside; off; in another direction.

    “I tried to approach him, but he turned away.”

  2. Aside, so as to discard something.

Synonyms

  • off
  • forth

Example sentences

  • “The dog and the cat ran away.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Lock him up and throw away the key.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “Do the winds carry your thoughts away?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "āweġ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “away” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.