path

[Path]

A path is a route that's meant for walking. You might follow a path up a mountain as you hike, or follow a winding path throughout your life.

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A trodden way; a footway.

Noun
a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"

Noun
a way especially designed for a particular use

Noun
an established line of travel or access

Noun
a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"


n.
A trodden way; a footway.

n.
A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action.

v. t.
To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).

v. i.
To walk or go.


Path

Path , n.; pl. Paths . [As. , ; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. , Skr. patha, path. &root;21.] 1. A trodden way; a footway.
The dewy paths of meadows we will tread.
2. A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action.
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Path

Path , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pathed ; pr.p. & vb. n. Pathing.] To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). [R.] "Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways." Drayton.

Path

Path, v. i. To walk or go. [R.] Shak.

A trodden way; a footway.

To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).

To walk or go.

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Usage Examples

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide.

Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.

And we turned off and 30 miles south they're standing in the middle of our road blocking our way, stopped the car, got out, took us through the path in the woods, where the craft was on the ground.

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.

A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

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