(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a long strip of ground which people walk along to get from one place to another.
We followed the ~ along the clifftops...
Feet had worn a ~ in the rock...
He went up the garden ~ to knock on the door.
N-COUNT
2.
Your ~ is the space ahead of you as you move along.
A group of reporters blocked his ~...
N-COUNT: usu poss N
3.
The ~ of something is the line which it moves along in a particular direction.
He stepped without looking into the ~ of a reversing car.
N-COUNT: with poss
4.
A ~ that you take is a particular course of action or way of achieving something.
The opposition appear to have chosen the ~ of cooperation rather than confrontation...
= road, route
N-COUNT: oft N of/to n
5.
You can say that something is in your ~ or blocking your ~ to mean that it is preventing you from doing or achieving what you want.
The Church of England put a serious obstacle in the ~ of women who want to become priests.
= way
N-COUNT: usu with poss
6.
If you cross someone’s ~ or if your ~s cross, you meet them by chance.
It was highly unlikely that their ~s would cross again...
PHRASE: V inflects