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What is a basic definition of path?
A path is a way formed by people or animals, a narrow track, or a route that something takes. Path has a few other senses as a noun.
A path is an improvised trail that has been created by people or animals repeatedly following it. A path through the woods, for example, may simply be ground worn down to packed dirt. Paths like these are not planned but often result from many people or animals taking the same way through a place and moving any debris or objects, such as rocks, that may have once been in the way.
- Real-life examples: Hikers often navigate paths through forests and mountainous areas. It is wise to avoid paths that appear to have been made by dangerous animals, like wolves or bears.
- Used in a sentence: We followed a dirt path through the woods.
The word path is also used to refer to narrow walkways or tracks created intentionally. These kinds of paths are usually created for a specific purpose, such as a garden path or a bicycle path.
- Used in a sentence: She walked up the cobblestone path to her uncle’s house.
Path can also mean a route or course that something takes. This sense is used both literally to mean actual walking or moving and figuratively to mean a way of life or course of action.
- Real-life examples: Meteorologists track the paths of hurricanes, tornados, and thunderstorms. A runaway train is likely to destroy everything in its path. Students pursue many different career paths after finishing their studies.
- Used in a sentence: I made sure to be far away from the path of the angry bull.
Where does path come from?
The first records of the word path come from before the 900s. It ultimately comes from the Old English pæth and is related to the German Pfad.
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How is path used in real life?
Path is a common word that means literal or figurative routes that things take.
We are always on a journey in life. Let us choose the path of God! We will discover that there are no unexpected events, no uphill path, and no night that cannot be faced with Jesus.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 16, 2021
We each have different lessons to learn. We each take a different path to our lessons.
— Iyanla Vanzant (@IyanlaVanzant) February 22, 2018
My one encounter with a badger was on a walk in Ashdown Forest. It ran across the path in front of me and barged into some bushes. Did make me jump.
— Amanda 💙 (@Blodeuweddmoon) January 19, 2021
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A city that is in the path of a tornado is far away from where the tornado will go.
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British Dictionary definitions for path (1 of 3)
Derived forms of path
pathless, adjectiveWord Origin for path
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Word Origin for -path
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Other Idioms and Phrases with path
see beat a path to someone's door; cross someone's path; lead down the garden path; least resistance, path of; on the warpath.