way
noun [S] (WANT) /ˈweɪ/ informalDefinition
C1 If someone gets or has their way, what they want happens: If she doesn't get/have her (own) way, she sulks like a four-year-old.Goals and purposes
(Definition of way noun (WANT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aim noun (INTENTION)
- ambition noun
- avail noun
- dedicated adjective
- end noun (AIM)
- goal noun (AIM)
- have big ideas idiom
- idea noun (PURPOSE)
- mission noun (JOB)
- object noun (PURPOSE)
- order noun (PURPOSE)
- orientation noun (AIMS)
- prize noun
- purpose noun
- raison d'être noun
- sb's heart's desire idiom
- should modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
- the end justifies the means idiom
- the order of the day idiom
- will noun (MENTAL POWER)
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