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Plural of way

regular plural

The plural of way is ways.

Forms of way

Singularway /weɪ/
Pluralways /weɪz/
Countableusually uncountable

Ways in a sentence

  • He's finally seen the error of his ways.
  • You're going about it the wrong way. He's known for his quirky ways. I don't like the way she looks at me.
  • As he grew older, he opened to new ways of doing things.From the entry open
  • Federal policy is constructed in complex ways, involving legislation, regulation, and lobbying.From the entry policy
  • They gave each other a quick hello when they met, and went back on their merry ways.From the entry hello

Meaning of way

  1. noun A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
  2. noun A means to enter or leave a place.
  3. noun A roughly-defined geographical area.

Full definition of way

Questions about the plural of way

What is the plural of way?
The plural of way is ways.
Is way countable?
Way is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: way (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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