/əˈweɪ/
Translation
To or at a different place, or far from where you are.
Word origin
From Old English onweg, meaning on the way or off, which later became away.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- onweg
Examples
.
"Away" here means back in their proper place.
.
"Away" shows she moved to a different place.
.
"Away" tells us how far the shop is from here.
Used in
Stories
(14)A Day at the Farm
3 min read · Core 1000
Sports Day
3 min read · Core 1000
The Journey
3 min read · Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read · Core 1000
Before the Doors Open
4 min read · Core 5000
One Sheep Short
4 min read · Core 5000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read · Core 5000
The Long Way Home
4 min read · Core 1000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(12)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 4.