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path
1[ path, pahth ]
noun
- a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- a narrow walk or way:
a path through a garden; a bicycle path.
- a route, course, or track along which something moves:
the path of a hurricane.
- a course of action, conduct, or procedure:
the path of righteousness.
- Mathematics. a continuous curve that connects two or more points.
- Computers. the sequence of steps that a computer follows in carrying out a routine, as in storing and retrieving a file at a specific location.
path-
2- variant of patho- before a vowel:
pathosis.
-path
3- a combining form occurring in personal nouns corresponding to abstract nouns ending in -pathy, with the general sense “one practicing such a treatment” ( osteopath ) or “one having such an ailment” ( psychopath ).
path.
4abbreviation for
- pathological.
- pathology.
path.
1/ pæθ /
abbreviation for
- pathological
- pathology
path
2/ pɑːθ /
noun
- a road or way, esp a narrow trodden track
- a surfaced walk, as through a garden
- the course or direction in which something moves
the path of a whirlwind
- a course of conduct
the path of virtue
- computing the directions for reaching a particular file or directory, as traced hierarchically through each of the parent directories usually from the root; the file or directoryand all parent directories are separated from one another in the path by slashes
-path
3combining form
- denoting a person suffering from a specified disease or disorder
neuropath
- denoting a practitioner of a particular method of treatment
osteopath
Derived Forms
- ˈpathless, adjective
Other Words From
- multi·path noun
- outpath noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of path1
Word History and Origins
Origin of path1
Origin of path2
Idioms and Phrases
- cross one's path, to encounter or meet unexpectedly:
Tragedy crossed our path again.
More idioms and phrases containing path
see beat a path to someone's door ; cross someone's path ; lead down the garden path ; least resistance, path of ; on the warpath .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
The anti-crime cops began searching the likely path of flight.
Senhor José remains stationary, but this lengthy series of clauses propels the reader along an unmarked path.
The flight path remained close to the Indonesian archipelago, well within what is the normal reach of air traffic control radar.
My trip takes the reverse path, and I begin by assessing the depth of my Shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.
"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
I presume this path does not extend many miles without meeting impediments.
She had been walking alone with her arms hanging limp, letting her white skirts trail along the dewy path.
Suddenly his quick eye lit on something in the gravel path and his heart gave a great leap.
Squinty went this way and that through the woods, but he could not find the path that led to his pen.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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