path has definitions from the field of transportation
1
[ noun ] a course of conduct

Synonyms

way way_of_life

Examples

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

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

He feels , therefore , that to seek a discontinuity in the arms policy of the United_States is the least risky path our government can take .

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

She soared over the new pastor like an avenging angel lest he stray from the path and not know all the truth and gossip of which she was chief repository .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

`` I do not care if your beliefs take you along a path of religion or a path of labor or a path of activism .

`` I do not care if your beliefs take you along a path of religion or a path of labor or a path of activism .

`` I do not care if your beliefs take you along a path of religion or a path of labor or a path of activism .

2
[ noun ] a way especially designed for a particular use

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

This strange person quarrels with a cyclist because the latter is using the path rather_than the highroad .

`` Life '' points_out that `` everybody uses this path '' , and starts to ride on .

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

And he ignored him , skirting the parked cars and walking up the path to the Skopas house .

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

Across the bay the Palisades were heavy in green timber ; their rock paths led down to the Hudson .

3
[ noun ] (transportation) an established line of travel or access

Synonyms

route itinerary

Used in print

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

The pulmonary_vein , however , without the limiting supportive tissue septa as in type 1 , , follows a more direct path to the hilum and does not maintain this close relationship ( figs. 8 , 22 ) .

In type 3 , this general relationship is maintained peripherally but not centrally where the pulmonary_vein follows a more independent path to the hilum as is the case throughout the lung in type 2 , .

4
[ noun ] a line or route along which something travels or moves

Synonyms

track course

Examples

: "the hurricane demolished houses in its path" "the track of an animal" "the course of the river"

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