Way

As anoun the most common meanings ofwayare ‘method or style’, ‘route, direction, road’ and ‘distance’:

I make cheese sauce a differentwayfrom my mother.

The hospital is on Sandford Road. Do you know theway?

Whichwayshall we go?

It’s a longwayfrom here on foot. You can take a bus.

We can use ato-infinitive or an -ingform afterwaywhen it means ‘method’:

There’s an easierwayto do that.(orThere’s an easierwayof doing that.)

We can usewayinformally as a degree adverb to mean ‘a lot’:

The project iswaybehind schedule.

She hadwaymore chances than me.

We usein the wayfor things that are obstructing a path or stopping us from getting somewhere:

Can you move, please? You’rein the way.

Shall I move these? Are theyin your way?

We useon the wayto mean in the middle of the journey:

A:

Where are you?

B:

I’mon my way.I’ll be there in 20 minutes or so.

They’reon their way. They had to stop for some petrol.

You will find other meanings ofwayand expressions withwayin a good learner’s dictionary.