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away
adverb (SOMEWHERE ELSE) /əˈweɪ/Definition
A2 somewhere else, or to or in a different place, position, or situation: Ms Watson is away on holiday until the end of the week. Keep/Stay away from him. Just go away and leave me alone! The sight was so horrible that I had to look/turn away. The recent flood has swept away the footbridge. I've given away all my old clothes to charity.UK Would you like your burger to eat in or take away?Separateness and isolation in spaceAlone
(Definition of away adverb (SOMEWHERE ELSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Separateness and isolation in space
Synonyms and related words:
- apart adverb (SEPARATED)
- away adverb (INTO PLACE)
- bitty adjective
- clear adverb
- cloistered adjective (SEPARATE)
- detached adjective (SEPARATE)
- disconnected adjective
- divorced adjective (SUBJECTS)
- freely adverb (ABLE TO MOVE EASILY)
- give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
- hermetically sealed adjective
- isolated adjective
- loose adjective (NOT FIXED)
- loosely adverb (NOT FIXED)
- parted adjective
- privacy noun
- private adjective (PERSONAL)
- purdah noun
- unattached adjective (NOT CONNECTED)
- uninhabited adjective
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