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   path

   /pɑːθ/

   noun

   • 1. a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading: "the path continues alongside the river for half a mile" Similar footpathpathwaytrackjogging tracktrailtrackwayrideridingtowpathwalkwalkwaypromenadeesplanadeavenuelanealleyalleywaypassagepassagewaybywaysidetrackbermcausewayright of waypavementfootwaybridlewaybridle pathcycle pathcycle trackcyclewaysidewalkbikewaytracepavé
   • ▪ the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving: "the missile traced a fiery path in the sky" Similar routewaycourseapproachroaddirectionbearinglinetrackbeatroundrunorbittrajectory
   • ▪ a course of action or way of achieving a specified result: "a chosen career path" Similar course of actionrouteroadavenueproceduredirectionlineapproachtackmethodsystemschemestrategytacticplanformula
   • ▪ a schedule available for allocation to an individual railway train over a given route.
   • ▪ a definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program.

   Word Origin Old Englishpæth, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pad, German Pfad, of unknown ultimate origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pathless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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