Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one's way

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: one's way
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Preceded by a verb and followed by an adverbial prepositional phrase to express a successfully completed action in a literal or figurative space, where the verb denotes the means or manner of the action, while the prepositional phrase specifies the direction or goal of the action:

phrase

Preceded by a verb and followed by an adverbial prepositional phrase to express a successfully completed action in a literal or figurative space, where the verb denotes the means or manner of the action, while the prepositional phrase specifies the direction or goal of the action:

Example Sentences

"to force one's way in"
"If necessary, I'll bull my way into the reception."
"We had to slog our way through muddy fields."
"She joked her way into the meeting."
"They stumbled their way to the back of the room."
"After geting out of the boat, he smoked all his way towards us."

Phrases

find one's way force one's way make one's way plough one's way work one's way up get one's way have one's way in someone's way

Frequently Paired Words

get one's way have one's way in someone's way someone's way

Questions

What does one's way mean?: Preceded by a verb and followed by an adverbial prepositional phrase to express a successfully completed action in a literal or figurative space, where the verb denotes the means or manner of the action, while the prepositional phrase specifies the direction or goal of the action:

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