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pathways

pathways is the plural of pathway.

Meaning of pathway

Noun

pathway (plural pathways)

  1. A footpath or other path or track.
    • follow 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

Phrases with pathways

Questions about pathways

What is pathways the plural of?
Pathways is the plural of pathway.

Words near pathways in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pathways (page history and authors); pathway (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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