away
//əˈweɪ//
Definitions
1.From a place, hence.
- He went away on vacation.
- 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 except vaccination.
2.Aside; off; in another direction.
- I tried to approach him, but he turned away.
3.Aside, so as to discard something.
- Does Tom need to go right away?
- What a lonely world it will be with you away!
- Before you put the knife away, please wipe it dry so that it will not rust.
4.At a stated distance in time or space.
- Christmas is only two weeks away.
1.Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
- The master is away from home on a course.
- Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.
2.At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
- My office is only an hour away.
- Spring is still a month away.
- He's miles away by now.
3.Not on one's home territory.
- Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
- This is the entrance for away supporters.
1.Away with you! Go away! Begone!
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #267
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Common
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way.