AWAY | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of away in English awayadverb uk /əˈweɪ/ us /əˈweɪ/

away adverb (SOMEWHERE ELSE)

Add to word list Add to word list A2 somewhere else, or to or in a different place, position, or situation: give something away I've given away all my old clothes to charity.go away Just go away and leave me alone!keep away Keep away from the fire. stay away The children were told to stay away from the dog. Ms Watson is away on holiday until the end of the week. The sight was so horrible that I had to look/turn away. The recent flood has swept away the footbridge.UK Would you like your burger to eat in or take away?

• The police went after him but he got away.
• The couple next door moved away last year.
• He made a sudden movement and frightened the bird away.
• He looked away from the computer screen to rest his eyes.
• The letter blew away and I had to run after it.

Separateness and isolation in space

• apart
• apartheid
• atomistic
• atomized
• bitty
• free of something
• freely
• gappy
• give something/someone a wide berth idiom
• hermetically sealed
• private
• purdah
• resegregation
• secluded
• secludedly
• uncombined
• unfused
• uninhabited
• untethered
• unvisited

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away adverb (DISTANT)

A2 at a distance (of or from here): How far away is the station? The office is a half-hour drive away. We live five kilometres away from each other. Life's so much quieter away from the city.miles away informal Oh, it's miles away (= a long distance from here).

• I don't like the idea of living so far away from my family.
• The explosion was of such intensity that it was heard five miles away.
• The nearest town is ten miles away.
• The museum is just six blocks away.
• Is the station far away?

Distant in space and time

• afar
• afield
• all/the four corners of the world/earth idiom
• anywhere
• as far as the eye can/could see idiom
• distance
• eye
• faraway
• farther
• farthest
• from afar
• further
• furthermost
• middle
• Podunk
• remote
• remotely
• remoteness
• ultra
• wide

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away adverb (INTO PLACE)

B1 in or into the usual or a suitable place, especially one that can be closed: Would you put the ice cream away in the freezer? My grandparents had £800 hidden away in an old shoe box.

• I told the children to put their toys and games away.
• Put that knife away before someone gets hurt.
• All the folders have been carefully numbered and filed away.
• The diamonds are shut away in a bank vault somewhere.
• At a word from their teacher, the children started to tidy away their books.

Separateness and isolation in space

• apart
• apartheid
• atomistic
• atomized
• bitty
• free of something
• freely
• gappy
• give something/someone a wide berth idiom
• hermetically sealed
• private
• purdah
• resegregation
• secluded
• secludedly
• uncombined
• unfused
• uninhabited
• untethered
• unvisited

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away adverb (GONE)

B2 gradually until mostly or completely gone: All the snow had melted away. The music faded away as the procession moved slowly up the street.while away We used to while away the weekends at my aunt's house in the country. We danced the night away (= until the night was over).

• Haitian strongman Duvalier could feel his power slipping away.
• The sound of his footsteps gradually died away.
• He could feel his strength ebbing away.
• As the years passed, the memories faded away.
• He gambled away all of our savings.

Slow and moving slowly

• (as) slow as molasses idiom
• at a snail's pace idiom
• by and by idiom
• by degrees idiom
• claw
• claw your way (somewhere) idiom
• crawl
• in ones and twos idiom
• inch by inch idiom
• inch towards something
• infiltrate
• infiltration
• jog
• slowness
• slowpoke
• sluggardly
• sluggish
• sluggishly
• wander
• worm

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Complete and whole

away adverb (IN THE FUTURE)

B1 in the future: My English exam's only a week away and I haven't even started to prepare.

• We're having a holiday in August, but that seems a long way away.
• Christmas is only two months away.
• The announcement of the winner is just a few minutes away now.
• Don't worry about your driving test yet - it's weeks away.
• With the concert only a few days away, the band are practising hard.

In the future & soon

• ahead
• ahead of
• all in good time idiom
• anon
• ASAP
• course
• due
• future
• gonna
• hereon
• hour
• in
• in for something idiom
• PDQ
• posterity
• presently
• run
• shortly
• someday
• space

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away adverb (CONTINUOUSLY)

C2 continuously or repeatedly, or in a busy way: I was still writing away when the exam finished. Chris has been working away in the garden all day. We were chatting away at the back and didn't hear what he said.

• She was singing away to herself as she worked.
• They were hammering away at the door.
• They were just chatting away while the fire raged around them.

Continuous & permanent

• abiding
• abidingly
• ad infinitum
• ad vitam
• around-the-clock
• gnawing
• here to stay idiom
• immanence
• immanent
• immanently
• non-stop
• on the bounce idiom
• on the spin idiom
• on the trot idiom
• perennial
• unendingly
• uninterrupted
• uninterruptedly
• unrelentingly
• unrelieved

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away adverb (SPORTS)

C1 at an opposing team's sports ground: The team was playing away at Old Trafford. We have won away from home a couple of times this season. Opposite home

• He does not think playing away from home will affect the team's chances.
• They managed to secure a 3-2 victory away.
• They seem to play equally well at home or away.

Competing in sport

• amateur league
• berth
• bring
• bring someone on phrasal verb
• bye
• bye week
• contention
• distance
• gear
• non-competitor
• outduel
• park the bus idiom
• partner up phrasal verb
• play big idiom
• race
• racing
• sideline
• slump
• sportsmanship
• square

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Grammar

Away and away fromAway is an adverb. Away from is a multi-word preposition. … awayadjective uk /əˈweɪ/ us /əˈweɪ/ C1 An away match or game is played at an opposing team's sports ground: away game We lost the away game but won both home games.away strip UK Everton unveiled their new yellow-and-blue away strip.away kit UK They were wearing their new away kit for the first time at Saturday's game. Opposite home

• The fans were even cheering the away team.
• We sat in the away end of the stadium.
• To the delight of the away fans, the home team scored an own goal.
• They seem to play with the confidence of a home team even when they're away.

Competing in sport

• amateur league
• berth
• bring
• bring someone on phrasal verb
• bye
• bye week
• contention
• distance
• gear
• non-competitor
• outduel
• park the bus idiom
• partner up phrasal verb
• play big idiom
• race
• racing
• sideline
• slump
• sportsmanship
• square

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away | American Dictionary

awayadjective, adverb [ not gradable ] us /əˈweɪ/

away adjective, adverb [not gradable] (SOMEWHERE ELSE)

Add to word list Add to word list somewhere else, or to or in a different place, position, or situation: Barbara is away on vacation until the end of the week. The Jeffersons went away for the weekend, but they’ll be back on Monday. awayadverb [ not gradable ] us /əˈweɪ/

away adverb [not gradable] (DISTANT)

at a distance (from this place): How far away is the station?

away adverb [not gradable] (IN THE FUTURE)

in the future; from now: The wedding is still six months away.

away adverb [not gradable] (INTO PLACE)

in or into the usual or a suitable place, esp. one that is enclosed: Put the groceries away before you go out again.

away adverb [not gradable] (GRADUALLY)

gradually until mostly or completely gone: The music faded away.

away adverb [not gradable] (CONTINUOUSLY)

continuously or repeatedly, or actively: Chris has been working away on the car all day. (Definition of away from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of away

away Off licences, restaurants and take-aways may also open. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The traditional demarcation between public houses and restaurants and between restaurants and take-aways has become blurred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first and most important issue involves the catering industry—restaurants, cafés and take-aways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are being taxed to pay for the give-aways and handouts in the form of capital transfer tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Joking aside, take-aways are ethnic as well as small businesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same problem about cost applies to take-aways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been 106 complaints relating to "take-aways" generally and of them 20 were about fish-and-chip shops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are failing to do so because we are carrying round our neck like a millstone interest of £11 billion on previous give-aways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people have invested their redundancy money in taking on franchises for fast food take-aways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result, vast profits were made by the people who invested in these give-aways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those take-aways are part of the diet of the working class and the less well-off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are given £40 a week from which they are supposed to pay for take-aways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anomalies will not be created and the arguments about sit-down meals and take aways do not apply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of gimmicky little give-aways, we will remove savings taxation at a stroke below the higher rate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Last year's tax give-aways meant nothing to the unemployed in my constituency, but the social security squeeze made a great deal of difference to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of away These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of away?

Translations of away

in Chinese (Traditional) 別的地方, 去（或在）別處, 向另一方向… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 别的地方, 去（或在）别处, 向另一方向… See more in Spanish a otro sitio, en otro sitio, a una distancia de… See more in Portuguese embora, fora, de distância… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian दूर, लांब, अंतर… See more 向こうへ, 違う場所へ, 離れて… See more farklı bir yere/konuma, konumda, yerde… See more (exprime l’éloignement), à … (de), absent/-ente… See more a un altre lloc, a una distància de, fora… See more weg, voort, uit… See more வேறு எங்காவது, அல்லது வேறு இடத்திற்கு அல்லது வேறு இடத்தில், நிலையில் அல்லது சூழ்நிலையில்… See more दूर, किसी अन्य स्थान, स्तर या स्तिथि पर… See more દૂર, અન્ય સ્થળે, અંતર… See more væk, bort(e), den anden vej… See more från, bort[ifrån], i väg… See more jauh, ke arah lain, hilang… See more weg, hinweg, immer weiter… See more bort, vekk, borte… See more الگ, دور, باہر… See more віддалік, геть, означає зникнення… See more మరెక్కడైనా లేక ఒక వేరే స్థలానికి, స్థానానికి లేక పరిస్థితికి, లేక స్థలంలోకి… See more অন্য কোথাও, বা অন্য জায়গায়, অবস্থান… See more daleko, pryč, stranou… See more jauh, pada arah yang berlawanan, lenyap… See more ในทิศทางอื่น, ในทิศทางตรงข้าม, หมดไป… See more xa, tránh xa, mất… See more (= często tłumaczy się czasownikami z przedrostkiem od-, np. odchodzić), stąd… See more 다른 곳, (거리가)떨어진, (늘 있던 집이나 장소에) 없는… See more via, lontano, di distanza… See more Need a translator?

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  • Adverb 
    • away (SOMEWHERE ELSE)
    • away (DISTANT)
    • away (INTO PLACE)
    • away (GONE)
    • away (IN THE FUTURE)
    • away (CONTINUOUSLY)
    • away (SPORTS)
  Adjective
• American   
  • Adjective, adverb 
    • away (SOMEWHERE ELSE)
  • Adverb 
    • away (DISTANT)
    • away (IN THE FUTURE)
    • away (INTO PLACE)
    • away (GRADUALLY)
    • away (CONTINUOUSLY)
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