Away (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adverb
  1. from this or that place; off: to go away.
  2. aside; to another place; in another direction: to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers
  3. far; apart: away back; away from the subject.
  4. out of one's possession or use: to give money away.
  5. out of existence or notice; into extinction: to fade away; to idle away the morning.
  6. incessantly or relentlessly; repeatedly: He kept hammering away.
  7. without hesitation: Fire away.
adjective
  1. absent; gone: to be away from home.
  2. distant: six miles away.
  3. immediately off and on the way: The order was given and he was away.
  4. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, other than the one that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: winners in their last three away games.
  5. having been put out: with two away in the top of the seventh.
  6. Golf.
    • (of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole.
    • (of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.
Verb Phrases
  1. do away with,
    • to get rid of; abolish; stop.
    • to kill: Bluebeard did away with all his wives.
Idioms
  1. away with,
    • take away: Away with him!
    • go away! leave!: Away with you!
  2. (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?
adverb
  1. from a particular place; off
  2. in or to another, usual, or proper place
  3. apart; at a distance
  4. out of existence
  5. indicating motion, displacement, transfer, etc, from a normal or proper place, from a person's own possession, etc
  6. indicating activity that is wasteful or designed to get rid of something
  7. continuously
  8. a command for a person to go or be removed
  9. by a very great margin
  10. from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland
adjective (usually postpositive)
  1. not present
  2. distant
  3. having started; released
  4. played on an opponent's ground
  5. (of a ball or player) farthest from the hole
  6. (of a player) having been put out
  7. relating to the outward portion or first half of a race
noun
  1. a game played or won at an opponent's ground
interjection
  1. an expression of dismissal
Away (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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