pathway

[path-wey, pahth-]

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noun

a path, course, route, or way.

Biochemistry. a sequence of reactions, usually controlled and catalyzed by enzymes, by which one organic substance is converted to another.

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Origin of pathway

First recorded in 1530–40; path + way¹

Related formspath·wayed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for pathway

Will had mistakenly connected the pathway of infection in a hospital room with someone coughing or sneezing circulating in public.
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The pathway that RB is involved in is altered in 70 percent of human cancers—especially cancers in the brain.
Why Men May Be More Likely to Get Deadly Brain Cancer|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pathway to a powerful judgeship is more circuitous than to a State House or Congress.
Why Women Should Forget the White House|Keli Goff|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The more you do something, the more available that pathway is, so you may be able to use your brain resources more effectively.
10 Best Apps to Train Your Brain|DailyBurn|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Immigration reform -including a pathway to citizenship as Obama has championed-has the support of 73% of voters.
6 Reasons This Could Be Obama’s Best Year as President|Dean Obeidallah|January 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was following, the best she knew how, the pathway of the Christher ideal.
The Girl in Her Teens|Margaret Slattery
Leaving this interesting tomb behind me, I took a pathway to the left, which conducted me up the hill-side.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3|Various
We found the herbs to heal our woe round our pathway, though the first joyousness of life had departed.
Chantry House|Charlotte M. Yonge
Shortly, the boy ran back up to the village road, and the gentleman came along the pathway with the lady.
The Green Mummy|Fergus Hume
Christian, however, was an excellent swimmer; he knew every inch of the pathway, every stone round the moat.
The Slave Of The Lamp|Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for pathway

pathway

noun

another word for path (def. 1), path (def. 2)

a route to or way of access to; way of reaching or achieving something

courses taken by a student to gain entry to a higher course or towards a final qualification

biochem a chain of reactions associated with a particular metabolic process

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Word Origin and History for pathway