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pathway

UK/ˈpɑːθˌweɪ//ˈpæθˌweɪ/

pathway noun: a footpath or other path or track.

Noun

pathway (plural pathways)

  1. A footpath or other path or track.
    • follow the pathway
    • go down the pathway
  2. A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.
    • On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of...2015 September 15, “Assessing the Metabolic Diversity of Streptococcus from a Protein Domain Point of View”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  3. (figuratively) A course of action.
    • the pathway to success
    • Similarly, although both clinical pathway and case management programmes seek to improve system efficiency, critical pathways concentrate on high-volume conditions with high costs in which care is generally patternable […]2000, Amitabh Prakash, Acute Stroke Treatment, page 102

pathway meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

pathway in Hindi

footpath, path or track
पथ path, पगडंडी pagḍaṇḍī

pathway in Tamil

நடைபாதை, நடைப்பாதை, தடம், பாட்டை, வழிப் பாட்டை, வழிமுறைகள்

pathway in Urdu

باٹ, ڈھنگ, پگ ڈنڈی, طریقہ, طرز, طور

pathway in Kannada

ಕಾಲುಹಾದಿ
More languagesFewer languages
pathway in Punjabi
ਰਾਹ rā́
pathway in Sanskrit
अज्म ájma
pathway in Malay
tapak jalan
pathway in Indonesian
lintasan

Examples of pathway in a sentence

  • A triangular breeze block is introduced to create screening walls, forming the new entry pathway.
  • Underused neuronal pathways are pruned back, as are underused patches of mycelium.
  • “The mesocortical, mesolimbic, and nigrostriatal dopamine pathways are what the call the reward pathways, all right?

All 40 example sentences with pathway

Forms of pathway

pluralpathways

Plural of pathway: pathways

Origin of pathway

From Middle English pathwei, equivalent to path + way. Cognate with German Pfadweg, Afrikaans padweg.

Words formed from pathway

Questions about pathway

What does pathway mean?
Pathway means a footpath or other path or track.
What is pathway in Hindi?
Pathway in Hindi is पथ (path), पगडंडी (pagḍaṇḍī). See Pathway meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pathway?
Pathway is a noun.
How do you pronounce pathway?
Pathway is pronounced /ˈpɑːθˌweɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of pathway?
The plural of pathway is pathways.

Words near pathway in the dictionary

  1. pathshalas
  2. pathside
  3. pathsides
  4. pathtracing
  5. Pathum Thani
  6. pathway
  7. pathwayed
  8. pathways
  9. pathwidth
  10. pathwidths
  11. pathwise

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pathway (page history and authors); pathway (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pathway (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pathway (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰਾਹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अज्म (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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