# away
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: ə-wā'; IPA: /əˈweɪ/
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* Rhymes: -eɪ
* Homophone: aweigh
* Hyphenation: a‧way

### Etymology 1

From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) +‎ way.
Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).

#### Adverb

away (not comparable)
* From a place, hence.
    He went away on vacation.
** 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments […] ; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
** 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
* Aside; off; in another direction.
    I tried to approach him, but he turned away.
* Aside, so as to discard something.
    throw away, chuck away, toss away
* At a stated distance in time or space.
    Christmas is only two weeks away.
** 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25:While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
** 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
* In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
    I'll dry the dishes and you put them away.
    Please file away these documents.
* In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
    The jewels were locked away in the safe.
    He was shut away in the castle tower for six months.
* From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
    fade away, die away
* So as to remove or use up something.
    The weather has worn away the inscription, and it is no longer legible.
    Please wipe away this spilled drink.
    That's where tourists go to hear great Cuban bands and dance the night away.
* (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
    Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!
** 1933+, Fran Striker, The Lone Ranger, WXYZ-AM
    Hi-yo Silver, away!
* On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
    She's been in her room all day, working away at her computer.
* Without restraint.
    You've got questions? Ask away!
    I saw her whaling away at her detractors.

##### Synonyms

* (away from a place): at bay, off, off-, ab-, apo-, de-, out-

##### Translations

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#### Interjection

away
* (Can we verify this sense?) (Northern England) Come on! Go on!
* (Scotland, dismissal) Away with you! Go away!

#### Adjective

away (not comparable)
* Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
    The master is away from home.
    Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.
* At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
    He's miles away by now.
    Spring is still a month away.
* (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
    This is the entrance for away supporters.
    Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
* (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
    Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
* (golf) Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target).
** 2016, Justin Menickelli, Ryan Pickens, Definitive Guide to Disc Golf:For example, immediately after every person in the group has teed off, if you are clearly the away player (perhaps because you smacked your drive into the tree closest to the tee pad), you should grab your bag and try to be the first person advancing down the fairway.

##### Translations
#### Verb

away (third-person singular simple present aways, present participle awaying, simple past and past participle awayed)
* (intransitive, poetic) To depart; to go to another place.
    At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.

##### Derived terms

* abstract away from
* an apple a day keeps the doctor away
* autoaway
* auto-away
* away at the races
* awayday
* away day
* away-day girl
* away from home
* away game
* away goal
* away goals rule
* away-going
* away in a hack
* awayness
* away side
* away swing
* away team
* away to the races
* awayward
* away with the fairies
* away with the pixies
* away with you
* back away
* bang away
* bargain away
* bat away
* bear away
* bear away the bell
* beaver away
* blast away
* blaze away
* blow away
* blow the cobwebs away
* boil away
* bombs away
* book away
* bottle away
* break away
* breakaway
* bring away
* bring oneself away
* brush away
* burn away
* by far and away
* call away
* cannot away with
* carried away
* carry away
* cart away
* cast away
* chase away
* chip away
* chocks away
* chuck away
* chug away
* claw away
* clear away
* come away
* come away empty
* cut-away
* cut away
* cut away one's soul
* die away
* die-away
* do away with
* drain away
* draw away
* driveaway
* drive away
* drop away
* dry up and blow away
* eat away
* eat away at
* explain away
* fade-away
* fade away
* fall away
* far and away
* far away
* faraway
* far far away
* fend away
* fetch away
* fiddle away
* fie away
* figure away
* file away
* fill away
* fire away
* flag away
* fly-away
* flyaway
* foldaway
* fold away
* fool away
* footle away
* frit away
* fritter away
* from a mile away
* from away
* fuck away
* getaway
* get-away
* get away
* get away with
* get away with murder
* get away with you
* get carried away
* get one's end away
* give away
* give-away
* give-away shop
* give away the farm
* give away the store
* give one's daughter away
* give the game away
* give the store away
* give with one hand and take away with the other
* glance away
* go away
* go-away-bird
* go-away bird
* going away
* going away dress
* grow away from
* hack away
* hammer away
* hand away
* have it away
* hereaway
* hide away
* hideaway
* hit away
* hoistaway
* home-and-away
* home away from home
* inch away
* interpret away
* jaw away
* keep-away
* keep away
* keep away from
* laugh away
* lay away
* lock away
* lock someone up and throw away the key
* look away
* look like who did it and ran away
* make away
* make away with
* meltaway
* melt away
* miles away
* move away
* once and away
* out and away
* over the hills and far away
* pack away
* pack-away
* pass away
* peel away
* peg away
* pick away at
* piddle away
* pine away
* piss away
* plate away
* play away
* plug away
* pom-pom-pull-away
* pray away the gay
* pray the gay away
* pull away
* pull away the shoulder
* push away
* put away
* ridden hard and put away wet
* ride hard and put away wet
* ride someone hard and put them away wet
* right away
* right-away signal
* roar away
* rollaway
* roll away
* rot away
* run-away
* run away
* runaway
* run away from
* run away together
* run away with
* salt away
* scare away
* scurry away
* sell away
* sell in May and go away
* sell in May and stay away
* sell in May then go away
* send away
* send away for
* shoo away
* show away
* shrink away
* shut away
* shy away
* shy away from
* sign away
* skurry away
* slattern away
* slave away
* slip away
* slug away
* smooth away
* soak away, soakaway
* soaraway
* sock away
* spirit away
* square away
* squirrel away
* standaway
* stash away
* stay-away
* stay away
* steal away
* store away
* stow away
* straight away
* strip away
* sweep away
* swing away
* tail away
* take away
* take-away
* take away from
* take it away
* take one's breath away
* take someone's breath away
* teach away
* tear away
* tearaway
* the one that got away
* there away
* this too shall pass away
* throw away
* throw-away
* throw away the key
* throw money away
* tick away
* towaway
* tow-away zone
* trade away
* trail away
* trans the gay away
* tuck away
* tuckaway
* turn away
* turning-away
* turning away
* up and away
* walk-away
* walk away
* walk away from
* walk away with
* want-away
* wash away
* waste away
* wave away
* wayward
* wear away
* whale away
* wheel away
* when the cat's away
* when the cat's away the mice play
* when the cat's away the mice will play
* where away
* while away
* whisk away
* whither away
* wipe away
* wire away
* wish away
* wither away
* withering away of the state
* work away
* worlds away

### Etymology 2

See aweigh

#### Adjective

away (comparative more away, superlative most away)
* Misspelling of aweigh.

### References

* “away”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Yawa

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *áway.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧way
* IPA: /ˈʔawaj/ [ˈʔa.wɐɪ̯]

### Noun

áway (Badlit spelling ᜀᜏᜌ᜔)
* a fight; a physical confrontation
    Synonym: buno
* a quarrel; a heated argument
    Synonym: bingkil
* (sports) a boxing or martial arts match
    Synonym: takos
* a war
    Synonym: gubat

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:away.

#### Derived terms

* awayon
* kaaway
* mag-away
* mangaway
* moaway

### Anagrams

* ayaw, yawa

## Quechua
### Verb

away
* (transitive) To weave.

#### Conjugation
### See also

* sinp'ay

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *áway. Compare Cebuano away and Waray-Waray away.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔawaj/ [ˈʔaː.waɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -awaj
* Syllabification: a‧way

### Noun

away (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜌ᜔)
* fight; quarrel; dispute
    Synonyms: alit, alitan, bangay, bangayan, pag-aaway, babag, pagtatalo, hidwaan, tunggalian, labanan, taltalan, talakan

#### Derived terms

* away-trapiko
* awayan
* awayin
* bahagyang pag-aaway
* kaaway
* mag-away
* magkaaway
* makipag-away
* mang-away
* pag-aaway
* pakikipag-away
* palaaway

### Further reading

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*áway”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* ayaw

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *áway.

### Noun

away
* fight; quarrel; altercation; trouble

## Yola
### Adverb

away
* Alternative form of awye
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:More trolleen, an yalpeen, an moulteen away.More rolling and spewing, and pining away.

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86