path

noun [C] (TRACK)

/pɑːθ/

/pæθ/

Definition

A2 a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something is moving: a garden path a concrete path a well-trodden path This is the path to the cliffs. It will be several days before snowploughs clear a path (through) to the village. They followed the path until they came to a gate. A fierce fire is still raging through the forest, burning everything in its path (= as it moves forward). The Weather Service issues warnings to people in the path of a hurricane (= in the area in which it is moving). The charged particles move in spiral paths.figurative His path through life was never easy.Pedestrian routes

(Definition of path noun (TRACK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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