path
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”) (compare West Frisian paad, Dutch pad, German Pfad), Ancient Greek πατέω (patéō) / πάτος (pátos), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀 (panta, “way”), 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀 (paθa, genitive), Old Persian [script needed] (pathi-)), from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs (compare Sanskrit पन्था (panthā), पथ (patha)), from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from *pent- (“path”) (compare English find). Doublet of panth.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /pɑːθ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [pʰɑːθ]
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): [pʰäːθ], [pʰɐːθ]
- IPA(key): /pæθ/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːθ, -æθ
Noun
editpath (plural paths)
- A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The Epithalamium of Helen and Menelaus. From the 18th Idyllium of Theocritus.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 412:
- Yet ere to to-morrow's ſun ſhall ſhew his head, / The dewy paths of meadows we will tread, / For crowns and chaplets to adorn thy head.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
- A course taken.
- the path of a meteor, of a caravan, or of a storm
- 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
- Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
- A metaphorical course or route; progress.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXIX, page 61:
- But thou and I have shaken hands,
Till growing winters lay me low;
My paths are in the fields I know,
And thine in undiscover’d lands.
- 2002, Priscilla K. Shontz, Steven J. Oberg, Jump Start Your Career in Library and Information Science, page 21:
- As I explored the possibility of a library science path, having previously been employed in libraries during my school career and afterwards, I decided that I needed to actually experience work in a library setting full time again […]
- A method or direction of proceeding.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 25:10:
- All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.
- 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:
- The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
- (paganism) A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
- (computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
- Use the network path
\\Marketing\Files
to find the documents you need.
- (graph theory) A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
- (topology) A continuous map from the unit interval to a topological space .
- (rail transport) A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.
- 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232:
- "Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.
- 2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival: December 2019 changes”, in Modern Railways, page 78:
- ... while the planned hourly fast 'Connect' service from Middlesbrough to Newcastle has been postponed indefinitely due to problems in finding paths for it on the East Coast main line.
- 2020 May 6, Philip Haigh, “Just one more stop on the long journey to HS2 fulfillment [sic]”, in Rail, page 65:
- Echoing McNaughton's comments in 2009, it adds: "The WCML has exhausted its available train paths and no extra services could be run without further significant investment to enhance current infrastructure or build a new line.
Synonyms
edit- (1): track, trail; see also Thesaurus:way
Hypernyms
editDerived terms
edit- bang path
- base path
- bicycle path
- bike path
- boom path
- bridle-path
- by-path
- cart path
- cess path
- click path
- critical path
- cross someone's path
- data path
- desire path
- directed path
- eightfold path
- flare path
- flight path, flightpath
- forced path
- garden-path
- garden path
- garden path sentence
- garden-path sentence
- glide path
- Hamiltonian path
- happy path
- herd path
- lead someone down the garden path, lead someone up the garden path
- left-handed path
- left-hand path
- mean free path
- middle path
- noble eightfold path
- null path length
- off the beaten path
- path cascade
- path-connected
- path dependence
- path dependency
- path integral formalism
- path length
- path loss
- path of least resistance
- path of totality
- path rush
- path tracer
- path tracing
- path traversal
- pathway
- primrose path
- return path
- right-handed path
- right-hand path
- sample path
- speech path
- spirit path
- swept path
- thought-path
- thought path
- tool path
- towing path
- undirected path
- whale-path
- zombie path
Translations
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Verb
editpath (third-person singular simple present paths, present participle pathing, simple past and past participle pathed)
- (transitive) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
- 1597, Michaell Draiton [i.e., Michael Drayton], “[Englands Heroicall Epistles.] Duke Humfrey to Elinor Cobham.”, in Poems: […], London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] Ling, published 1605, →OCLC, folio 56, verso:
- His ghoſtly counſells onely doe aduiſe, / The meanes hovv Langlies progenie may riſe, / Pathing young Henries vnaduiſed vvaies, / A Duke of Yorke from Cambridge houſe to raiſe, […]
- (computing, intransitive) To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder).
- Next, you need to path to the location of the executable and run it from there.
Etymology 2
editShortening.
Noun
editpath (uncountable)
References
edit- Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; June 2005]
- “path”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old English pæþ, from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz, from an Iranian language, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpath (plural pathes)
- An informal or unpaved path or trail; a track.
- A choice or way of living; a doctrine.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A course or route.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A vessel or vein.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “pā̆th, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.
Etymology 2
editVerb
editpath
- Alternative form of pathen
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pent-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Iranian languages
- English terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɑːθ
- Rhymes:English/ɑːθ/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/æθ
- Rhymes:English/æθ/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with usage examples
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- en:Medicine
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- en:Curves
- en:Functions
- en:Roads
- en:Shapes
- en:Topological spaces
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Iranian languages
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Middle English/aθ
- Rhymes:Middle English/aθ/1 syllable
- Middle English lemmas
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- Middle English terms with rare senses
- Late Middle English
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- enm:Roads