Definitions for Away
əˈweɪaway

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. away(p)adjective

   not present; having left

   "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"

2. awayadjective

   used of an opponent's ground

   "an away game"

3. away, outsideadverb

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

   "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"

4. away, off, forthadverb

   from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)

   "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"

5. away, outadverb

   from one's possession

   "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"

6. aside, awayadverb

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

   "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"

7. awayadverb

   out of existence

   "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"

8. off, awayadverb

   at a distance in space or time

   "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"

9. awayadverb

   indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

   "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"

10. awayadverb

    so as to be removed or gotten rid of

    "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"

11. awayadverb

    freely or at will

    "fire away!"

12. awayadverb

    in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

    "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"

13. away, asideadverb

    in a different direction

    "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"

14. aside, by, awayadverb

    in reserve; not for immediate use

    "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. awayadverb

   From a place, hence.

   He went away on vacation.

2. awayadverb

   Aside; off; in another direction.

3. awayadverb

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

4. awayadverb

   Come away; go away; take away.

5. awayadverb

   On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.

6. awayadverb

   Without restraint.

   You've got questions? Ask away!

7. awayadverb

   At a distance in time or space

   Christmas is only two weeks away.

8. awayadjective

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

9. awayadjective

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

10. awayadjective

    Not on one's home territory.

    Next, they are playing away in Dallas.

11. awayadjective

    Out.

    Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Awayadverb

   Etymology: aweg, Saxon.

   1. Absent.

   They could make
   Love to your dress, although your face were away. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

   It is impossible to know properties that are so annexed to it, that any of them being away, that essence is not there. John Locke.

   2. From any place or person.

   I have a pain upon my forehead here ————
   —— Why that’s with watching; ’twill away again. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   When the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abraham drove them away again. Gen. xv. 11.

   Would you youth and beauty stay,
   Love hath wings, and will away. Edmund Waller.

   Summer suns roll unperceiv’d away. Alexander Pope.

   3. Let us go.

   Away, old man; give me thy hand; away;
   King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta’en;
   Give me thy hand. Come on. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   4. Begone.

   Away, and glister like the god of war,
   When he intendeth to become the field. William Shakespeare, King John.

   I’ll to the woods among the happier brutes:
   Come, let’s away; hark, the still horn resounds. Edmund Smith, Phædra and Hippolitus.

   Away, you flatt’rer!
   Nor charge his gen’rous meaning. Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore.

   5. Out of one’s own hands; into the power of something else.

   It concerns every man, who will not trifle away his soul, and fool himself into irrecoverable misery, to enquire into these matters. John Tillotson.

   6. It is often used with a verb; as, to drink away an estate; to idle away a manor; that is, to drink or idle till an estate or manor is gone.

   He play’d his life away. Alexander Pope.

   7. On the way; on the road: perhaps this is the original import of the following phrase.

   Sir Valentine, whither away so fast? William Shakespeare, T. G. of Verona.

   8. Perhaps the phrase, he cannot away with, may mean he cannot travel with; he cannot bear the company.

   She never could away with me. ———— Never, never: she would always say, she could not abide master Shallow. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   9. Away with. Throw away; take away.

   If you dare think of deserving our charms,
   Away with your sheephooks, and take to your arms. Dryd.

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1. Away

   Blow Me Away is a song by American rock band Breaking Benjamin. The song is a non-album single because it was written in 2004 specifically for the Halo 2 Original Soundtrack. It was later released in 2010 as a digital single. In 2011, a remixed version of the song was released on Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin, featuring vocals of Sydnee Duran from Valora. Written by vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Burnley and then-drummer Jeremy Hummel, the song is described as featuring "hard rock roots, ... a vocal-centric aesthetic, heavy electric rhythm guitars", and "an aggressive male vocalist".

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1. away

   "Away" typically refers to being at a distance, or in a different location or direction from a specific point or place. It indicates a state of being physically separated or removed from a particular area or person.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Awayadverb

   from a place; hence

2. Awayadverb

   absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home

3. Awayadverb

   aside; off; in another direction

4. Awayadverb

   from a state or condition of being; out of existence

5. Awayadverb

   by ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away

6. Awayadverb

   on; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away

7. Etymology: [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]

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1. Away

   Away is a play written by the Australian playwright Michael Gow, published by Currency Press in 1986. First performed by the Griffin Theatre Company in 1986, it tells the story of three internally conflicted families holidaying on the coast for Christmas, 1968. It has become one of the most widely produced Australian plays of all time and is part of the Higher School Certificate syllabi or general High School Curriculum in many states, including Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. Each of the three families hopes that the holiday will resolve the crisis that they face. Roy, a headmaster, and Coral, his wife, realise that their marriage is falling apart as they grieve the death of their son in the Vietnam War. Tom, an English immigrant and a pupil at Roy's school, knows that he is dying of leukaemia even though his parents, Harry and Vic, have yet to tell him. Tom's family know that this could be their last holiday together, so they are determined to have fun. The third family comprises uptight, martyrish mother, Gwen, her husband, Jim, and their daughter, Meg, who has become friends with Tom because of their mutual appearances in the recent school play. There is a mutual affection between Meg and Tom that is explored and challenged during a sex scene, where Tom - aware that his life is soon to end - transforms into a desperate weeping puppy and begs Meg to "Let do it to". After a storm the three families find themselves thrown together on the beach that is the play's setting and their antagonism is explored and resolved.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Away

   a-wā′, adv. onward, along: forthwith: in the direction of, about: absent: gone, dead, fainted.—interj. begone!—Away (elliptically), to go away, esp. imperatively, Away! or Away with you!—Away with him = take him away.—Fire away, fire at once, without hesitation.—I cannot away with = bear or endure.—Make away with, to destroy.—Once and away, once in a way (the usual modern form), once.—There away, in that direction, thereabout.—To do away (with), to make an end of anything; To explain away, to explain till the thing that needs explanation is itself removed; To fall away (with from), to desert; To fight away, to go on fighting; To work away, to keep on working. [A.S. a-weg—prep. a, on, weg, way, lit. 'on one's way.']

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. away

   Space or time doing what we choose.

   They went away for the weekend with the family what a joy.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 11, 2020  

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1. AWAY

   What does AWAY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the AWAY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Away' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #236

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Away' in Written Corpus Frequency: #252

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Away' in Adverbs Frequency: #39

How to pronounce Away?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Away in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Away in a Sentence

1. Melania Trump:

   These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly unfairly treated for so long, go home with love in peace. Remember this day forever!

2. Chris Brightman:

   Once you move away from a long-only, unlevered portfolio to using derivatives and leverage in a strategy, you are absolutely introducing additional risks that need to be managed.

3. Captain Dave Carraro of FV-Tuna:

   Most people that are in the middle of the country just away from the ocean, never knew that Bluefin Tuna of this size and magnitude existed, so for them they are just totally fascinated by the sheer size and power of the fish in addition to the money.

4. Duncan Brock:

   [ Companies ] voiced their deep anxieties over Brexit's continuing impacts as some supply chains were re-directed away from the United Kingdom resulting in a drop in total new orders for the first time since October.

5. Josef Newgarden:

   I think it's been very entertaining from a fan standpoint — no one is getting away from anybody, we're all just together. I don't know how it's going to play out. I really don't.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Away
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Away
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Away
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Away
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Away
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Away
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Away