'On the way' definitions:
Definition of 'on the way'
From: WordNet
adverb
On a route to some place; "help is on the way"; "we saw him on the way to California" [syn: on the way, en route]
Definition of 'On the way'
From: GCIDE
- Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[aum]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via, Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine. "To find the way to heaven." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I shall him seek by way and eke by street. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The way seems difficult, and steep to scale. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way. [1913 Webster]
- And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A moving; passage; procession; journey. [1913 Webster]
- I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance. [1913 Webster]
- If that way be your walk, you have not far. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan. [1913 Webster]
- My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. "Having lost the way of nobleness." --Sir. P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. --Prov. iii. 17. [1913 Webster]
- When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Naut.) (a) Progress; as, a ship has way. (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched. [1913 Webster]
- 11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves. [1913 Webster]
- 12. (Law) Right of way. See below. [1913 Webster]
- By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
- By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
- Covert way. (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.
- In the family way. See under Family.
- In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc.
- In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of.
- Milky way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.
- No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the Vocabulary.
- On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this country; on the way to success.
- Out of the way. See under Out.
- Right of way (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
- To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move.
- To give way. See under Give.
- To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to depart or come along. --Shak.
- To go one's way to proceed in a manner favorable to one; -- of events.
- To come one's way to come into one's possession (of objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; as, good things will come your way.
- To go the way of all the earth or
- to go the way of all flesh to die.
- To make one's way, to advance in life by one's personal efforts.
- To make way. See under Make, v. t.
- Ways and means. (a) Methods; resources; facilities. (b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for revenue.
- Way leave, permission to cross, or a right of way across, land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
- Way of the cross (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in rotation the stations of the cross. See Station, n., 7 (c) .
- Way of the rounds (Fort.), a space left for the passage of the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified town.
- Way pane, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See Pane, n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
- Way passenger, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some intermediate place between the principal stations on a line of travel.
- Ways of God, his providential government, or his works.
- Way station, an intermediate station between principal stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
- Way train, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way, stations; an accommodation train.
- Way warden, the surveyor of a road. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Street; highway; road.
- Usage: Way, Street, Highway, Road. Way is generic, denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically, a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and, hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or highways in compact settlements. [1913 Webster]
- All keep the broad highway, and take delight With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- There is but one road by which to climb up. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'on the way'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- along the way,
- as one goes,
- brewing,
- en passant,
- en route,
- forthcoming,
- going on,
- in embryo,
- in hand,
- in mid-progress,
- in passing,
- in preparation,
- in process,
- in production,
- in progress,
- in the oven,
- in the works,
- in transit,
- in transitu,
- on stream,
- on the anvil,
- on the fire,
- on the road,
- on the wing,
- under construction,
- under revision,
- under way
Words containing 'On the way'
- -ways,
- By the way,
- By way of,
- In the way,
- In the way with,
- No way,
- No ways,
- Out of the way,
- To be under way,
- To do way,
- To have way,
- Under way,
- Way,
- Wayed,
- all the way,
- in a way,
- in some way,
- way out,
- ways,
- Bilge ways,
- Bridle way,
- Bulge ways,
- Companion way,
- Covered way,
- Covert way,
- Federal Way,
- Fresh way,
- In a family way,
- In the family way,
- Key way,
- Launching ways,
- Lich way,
- Milky Way,
- Permanent way,
- Plank way,
- Private way,
- Race way,
- Right of way,
- Sliding ways,
- Three Way,
- To cut both ways,
- To freshen the way,
- To gather way,
- To give way,
- To lead the way,
- To lie in the way,
- To make way,
- To make way with,
- Water way,
- Way leave,
- Way of the cross,
- Way of the rounds,
- Way pane,
- Way passenger,
- Way shaft,
- Way station,
- Way train,
- Way warden,
- Ways and means,
- Ways of God,
- any old way,
- appian way,
- back way,
- clear the way,
- every which way,
- flaminian way,
- from way back,
- give way,
- give way to,
- in a bad way,
- in a broad way,
- in a heartfelt way,
- in a similar way,
- in an elaborate way,
- in someone's way,
- in two ways,
- lead the way,
- look the other way,
- make way,
- out-of-the-way,
- pave the way,
- point the way,
- roundabout way,
- smooth the way,
- stand in the way,
- the other way around,
- the right way,
- the way of the world,
- the ways of the world,
- the whole way,
- way of life,
- way-out,
- Federal Way, WA,
- Four-way,
- Great White Way,
- Pack and prime way,
- Three Way, TN,
- Three-way,
- To come one's way,
- To elbow one's way,
- To give way together,
- To go one's way,
- To go the way of all the earth,
- To make one's way,
- To meet half way,
- Two-way,
- Way-going,
- Way-goose,
- Way-wise,
- apex of the sun's way,
- go a long way,
- milky way galaxy,
- milky way system,
- one-way,
- right-of-way,
- rub the wrong way,
- to go the way of all flesh,
- ways and means committee,
- Four-way cock,
- Four-way stop,
- Straight-way valve,
- To bring one on one's way,
- Way-going crop,
- one-way street,
- three-way calling,
- three-way switch,
- two-way street,
- one-way light time,
- bipartisan bipartizan two-party two-way