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on the way
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Princeton's WordNet
on the way, en routeadverb
on a route to some place
"help is on the way"; "we saw him on the way to California"
Wiktionary
on the wayadverb
Whilst travelling
on the wayadjective
coming, approaching
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on the way
"On the way" refers to the state or condition of being in transit or in the process towards a certain direction, destination, or a certain phase or result. It can refer to a physical journey as well as a metaphorical one.
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On the Way
On the Way is the seventeenth album by Jandek, released in 1988 as Corwood 0755. It was reissued on CD in 2002.
Suggested Resources
on the way
Read the full text of the On the Way poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the Poetry.com website.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of on the way in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of on the way in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of on the way in a Sentence
Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.
We may want a war over, we may even declare it over. You can pull your troops out, as President Obama learned the hard way, out of Iraq, but the enemy gets a vote, we say in the military.
We'd love our kids to get back to normal, but right now is not a normal time, and looking around at the data in the area, with the infection rates what they are right now, there's no way we can see that they can keep not only the kids safe, but all the staff, the adults( safe).
The banks are filled with people lining up to cash their welfare checks. You can't advance that way, i get up at four in the morning to go to work. They get up at noon.
My stick got stuck in a skate and they get a power play, it can go the other way, too. Unfortunately, it happened to us. We’re here to win. If we play well and don’t win it doesn’t mean anything.
Translations for on the way
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- onderweg, op padAfrikaans
- في الطريقArabic
- på vejDanish
- unterwegsGerman
- survojeEsperanto
- en el camino, en camino, en rutaSpanish
- tiedossa, tulossaFinnish
- en chemin, en cours de route, chemin faisant, en routeFrench
- útonHungarian
- sedang di jalanIndonesian
- in arrivoItalian
- 途中Japanese
- ჩამოსვლაGeorgian
- onderwegDutch
- a caminhoPortuguese
- в путиRussian
- на путу, na putuSerbo-Croatian
- på vägSwedish
- 在途中Chinese
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