away

Meanings

Adverb

• From a place, hence.
• Aside; off; in another direction.
• Aside, so as to discard something.
• At a stated distance in time or space.
• In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
• In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
• From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
• So as to remove or use up something.
• Come away; go away; take away.
• On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
• Without restraint.

Interjection

• come on!; go on!

Adjective

• Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
• At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
• Not on one's home territory.
• Out.
• Misspelling of aweigh

Verb

• To depart; to go to another place.

Related

Similar words

• at bay, off, off-, ab-, apo-, de-, out-

Origin

• From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ, originally on weġ, equivalent to a- + way. Cognate with Scots awa, away, Old Frisian aweg, awei, Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge, Dutch weg ("away"), German weg ("away"), Danish væk ("away"), Swedish i väg ("away; off; along").