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Path

Definition: Path

Path

Noun

1. A course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path".

2. A way especially designed for a particular use.

3. An established line of travel or access.

4. A line or route along which something travels or moves: "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "path" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Path

DomainDefinition

Computing

Path n. 1. A bang path or explicitly routed {Internet address; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines. Though these are now obsolete as a form of addressing, they still show up in diagnostics and trace headers occasionally (e.g. in NNTP headers). 2. [Unix] A filename, fully specified relative to the root directory (as opposed to relative to the current directory; the latter is sometimes called a `relative path'). This is also called a `pathname'. 3. [Unix and MS-DOS] The `search path', an environment variable specifying the directories in which the shell (COMMAND.COM, under MS-DOS) should look for commands. Other, similar constructs abound under Unix (for example, the C preprocessor has a `search path' it uses in looking for `#include' files). Source: Jargon File.

Aerospace

1. Of a satellite, the projection of the orbital plane on the earth's surface, the locus of the satellite subpoint. Since the earth is turning under the satellite, the path of a single orbital pass will not be a closed curve. Path and track are used interchangeably. On a cylindrical map projection, the path is a sine-shaped curve. 2. Of a meteor, the projection of the trajectory on the celestial sphere, as seen by the observer.3. = flightpath. (references)

Dream Interpretation

To dream that you are walking in a narrow and rough path, stumbling over rocks and other obstructions, denotes that you will have a rough encounter with adversity, and feverish excitement will weigh heavily upon you.
To dream that you are trying to find your path, foretells that you will fail to accomplish some work that you have striven to push to desired ends.
To walk through a pathway bordered with green grass and flowers, denotes your freedom from oppressing loves. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Electrical Engineering

The route that a signal follows through a circuit or network. Source: European Union. (references)
 One of many signal paths on a matrix switching card. Source: European Union. (references)

Geography

Imaginary line along which wave energy travels; a raypath is always perpendicular to the wave front in isotropic media. Source: European Union. (references)

Math

A list of vertices of a graph where each vertex has an edge from it to the next vertex. (references)

Physics

The traces made by a single particle over a period of time. Source: European Union. (references)

Transportation

A road or way, especially a narrow trodden track. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Path

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In general usage, a path is a route between two points. It may also be used metaphorically, as a philosophical route to a desired state or destination.

In Graph theory a path is a sequence of nodes of a graph where there is an edge from any node in the sequence to the following node. The first node in the sequence is called the path's start.

In computing a path is the general form of a file or directory name. It intends to be a path to a specific file, where they may be many instances of that same file. Paths are a string of characters signifying directories, seperated by a delimiting character, most commonly the slash "/" or backslash character "\\", but some operating systems may use a different delimiter.

A path can be either absolute or relative. An absolute path is a path that points to the same location regardless of the working directory or combined paths. It is usually written in reference to a root directory, in the Microsoft Windows operating system this is the current working drive, however in Unix and Unix-like operating systems this is "/".

A relative path is a path relative to the current working directory, so the full absolute path may not need to be given.

To list several paths, a colon ":" is commonly used in the Unix and the like as a separator. A semicolon ";" is used instead in the Windows operating system.

Example

Here is an example with a Unix style file system:

Your current working directory is:

/users/mark/

You want to change your current working directory to:
/users/mark/bobapples

At that moment, the relative path for the directory you want is:
./bobapples

and the absolute path for the directory you want is
/users/mark/bobapples

Because bobapples is the relative path for the directory you want, you may type the following at the CLI to change your current working directory to bobapples:
cd bobapples

Two dots are used for moving up in the hierarchy, to indicate the parent directory, one dot represents the current directory.

See also: Hodology, the study of pathways.

This article is based on material from FOLDOC, used with permission. Update as needed.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Path."

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PATH

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson) is an underground electric railroad linking Manhattan, New York with New Jersey, and providing service to Jersey City and Newark. It is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. While some PATH stations are adjacent to New York City subway stations, there are no free transfers, and the two systems are operated separately.

The fare is $1.50 . PATH operates 4 train services:

One of PATH's two New York terminals was below the World Trade Center. Within half an hour after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks had begun, the station was closed and all waiting passengers had been evacuated by train, so nobody in the station was hurt when the collapse of the towers destroyed it. PATH service was restored to a temporary station, on November 23, 2003; the inaugural train was the same one that had been used for the evacuation. The new station still contains portions of the original station

=External Link=

PATH official site [1]

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "PATH."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Path

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

PATH

EnglishProgram for Appropriate Technology in HealthEconomics, Politics & International Affaires

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Path

Synonyms: course (n), itinerary (n), route (n), track (n), way (n), way of life (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Path

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Conduct

Course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding; role; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating; method; path.

Direction

Line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march; alignment, allignment; air line, beeline; straight shoot.

Egress

Outlet, vent, spout, tap, sluice, floodgate; pore; vomitory, outgate, sally port; way out; mouth, door; (opening); path; (way); conduit; airpipe.

Escape

Loophole; (opening); path; refuse; vent, vent peg; safety valve; drawbridge, fire escape.

Ingress

Inlet; way in; mouth, door; (opening); barway; path; (way); conduit; immigrant.

Opening

Way, path; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe; air pipe; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage, ajutage; ostium; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit, shaft; gallery.

Passage

Noun: passage, transmission; permeation; penetration, interpenetration; transudation, infiltration; endosmose exosmose; endosmosis; intercurrence; ingress; egress; path; conduit; opening; journey; voyage.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Path

English words defined with "path": approach pathbridle pathflight pathglide pathpath of least resistancetowing path. (references)
Specialty definitions using "path": absolute path, alternating path, augmenting path, auroral pathbang pathcontinuous path control of motion, CONTRACT PATH, critical path method, critical path problem, critical path schedulingdata pathfeedback pathGray Man's PathHamiltonian pathinfeasible pathkth shortest pathlabel switched pathmail pathopen shortest path first, optical pathpath coverage testing, path expression, Path Pascal, path system problemscan path, shortest path, sidetone path loss, simple path, sneak pathtalking pathvirtual path, virtual path identifier. (references)
Etymologies containing "path": Sentry. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Path" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Italian (path).

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Modern Usage: Path

DomainUsage

Screenplays

There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

I feed on those who cross my path. But all my passion went with the golden hair, and all the spirit of preternatural flesh detached, unchangeable, empty (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

the street where she broke up with me. And there's the path we took (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Fear is the path to the dark side (Episode I: The Phantom Menace; writing credit: George Lucas.)

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)

Lyrics

She'll lead you down a path (SECRET GARDEN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

I'm an outcast on the path of rebound (Warheart; performing artist: Children)

There’s a fork in the path (Choose; performing artist: Color Me Badd)

Baby run, cut a path across the blue skies (Run; performing artist: George Strait)

Set me on a straight path, what about I had to laugh at her (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT)

Clever

Happiness is a path, not a destination. (references; author: unknown)

How do crazy people go through the forest?  They take the psycho path. (references; author: unknown)

Don't think you're on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path. (references; author: unknown)

Old folks say, "Only time the world beats a path to your door is if you're in the bathroom. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

On the Critical Path (1971)

Walk a Crooked Path (1969)

Or The Path to Immortality Sinhasta (1968)

The Bridal Path (1959)

Bandhur Path (1949)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Path

DomainTitle

References

  • Critical Path Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Playing Hide & Seek: A Non-Churchgoer's Path to Finding God (reference)

  • Walking the Thames Path : 25 Circular Walks from Thames Head to Greenwich (reference)

  • Islamic Ruling on Male and Female Circumcision (The Right Path to Health - Health Education Through Religion , No 8) (reference)

  • One God Clapping: The Spiritual Path of a Zen Rabbi (reference)

  • Discovering Kwan Yin : A Path Toward Clarity and Peace (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Windham Hill: Water's Path (reference)

  • Path to Paradise - The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (reference)

  • Path to Stardom: Tim McGraw (reference)

  • Torvill & Dean - Path to Perfection (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Path

Photos:
Path

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Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Path

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shown are 1 man and 2 women riding bicycles along a path. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Various images of 3 people riding bicycles on a wooded bike path. There is a man, a youn woman and an older woman. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Diagram of possible sound wave paths in water Wave-path O-C-E came close to describing refractive path of sound in SOFAR layer Sound path model developed in 1930's for radio acoustic ranging work Didn't yet understand the channeling effect of the velocity minimum Furthest RAR use was out to 206 miles offshore in 1925. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Wiredrag hung up on obstruction at buoy no. 4 Note "V" of buoy path characteristic of obstruction discovery Wiredrag party off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A path through the dunes. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Wind-sculpted sand on a path through the dunes. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Clean Air Facility on a day without a horizon. Flags mark path. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

South Pole Station on a day without a horizon, near "white out" conditions. Flags mark path. One would literally feel like walking in a bowl of milk. There was no surface definition and one had to walk with bent knees because impossible to determine if surface was uneven. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Heritage Path, Delaware River in the background. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The path that leads to the tide gate at Army Creek. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Path
 

"Path to the gate" by Dustin Byerley
Commentary: "Lush bushes of flowers guide you along the stony path, under the bridge and to the gate. Shot on a Canon 10D 6.3MP digital camera."
"The Path 1" by Linda B
Commentary: "A great path I came across hiking one day photo not modified."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Path

AuthorQuotation

Abraham Lincoln

Towering genius disdains a beaten path.

Buddha

You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself.

Chauang-tzu

Morality: walking like others upon the path.

Elbert Hubbard

The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.

Henri Frederic Amiel

The best path through life is the highway.

Heraclitus

The path up and down is one and the same.

Horace

Remember, when life's path is steep, to keep your mind even.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Let the path be open to talent.

William Shakespeare

The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Path

AuthorDateQuotation

Winston S. Churchill

1946

There is the path of wisdom. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1929)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Path

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The intellect of Roger Chillingworth had now a sufficiently plain path before it.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

This being the case, when a convent was found on our path, we were compelled to penetrate it.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The three figures standing at the edge of the muddy path had pinched cheeks and watery eyes

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Madeleine L'Engle

At terra at this fateful hour I call upon all heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lighting with its rapid wrath, And the winds with the swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness, All this I place,By God's Almighty help and grace, Between myself and the powers of darkness

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

There was a cow dung in the path, and I must needs try my activity by attempting to leap over it.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

One early thrush gave me a note or two as I drove along the woodland path.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Path

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The path to drug addiction begins with the act of taking drugs. (references)

Another experimental path aimed at improving drug delivery into the CNS is called interstitial chemotherapy. (references)

Most physicians suggest that treatments for impotence proceed along a path moving from least invasive to most invasive. (references)

Business

It also set the path for the January 1999 liberalization of the Mercosur data transmission market. (references)

The most common path of distribution for hazardous waste management services is through direct sales. (references)

A normal telephone connection will provide the return path for two-way communication with service providers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

Some members and leaders of IRP and Adolat-True Path chose, or were forced, to flee abroad. (references)

Uzbekistan

In the early 1990's, opposition activists announced the formation of the religious Adolat-True Path Party but never pursued formal registration, claiming that their members were afraid of government reprisals. (references)

Economic History

Georgia

Georgia professes to choose open markets and the rule of law as a path to economic growth and wishes to be seen as an example of conversion from a command to a democratic and free market system. (references)

Human Rights

Angola

On July 30, 25 FAA soldiers threatened 2 NGO employees and obstructed their path after the employees refused to take them to Malange. (references)

Bolivia

The police suspect the involvement of citizens, as well as Peruvians who have received training from Shining Path terrorists. (references)

Indigenous People

Cameroon

Local Pygmies along the proposed path of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline continue to complain that they have not been compensated fairly for their land like their Bantu neighbors. (references)

Political Economy

Croatia

The SAA defines Croatia's path of integration with the EU, leading eventually to full membership. (references)

Haiti

Since 1986 Haiti has moved unevenly along a path of constitutional rule. (references)

Zambia

With some deviance, the MMD has generally pursued this path since 1991, although calls for a constitutional amendment for a third presidential term early in 2001 caused a split within the party. (references)

Political Rights

Singapore

Opposition parties are free to contest elections, and the voting and vote-counting systems are fair and free from tampering; however, the PAP, which has held power continuously and overwhelmingly for more than 3 decades, uses the Government's extensive powers to place formidable obstacles in the path of political opponents. (references)

Trade

Argentina

In 1998, the Argentine government embarked on a new path of issuing regulations mandating that certain products meet safety requirements. (references)

Worker Rights

Thailand

Also, police officers do not view antitrafficking as a path to advancement because their superiors do not emphasize it. Narcotics and serious crime are the preferred career concentrations, while the attitude that trafficking also qualifies as serious crime is only slowly developing. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EXPERIENCE, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. To one who, journeying through night and fog, Is mired neck-deep in an unwholesome bog, Experience, like the rising of the dawn, Reveals the path that he should not have gone. Joel Frad Bink

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Path

SpeakerPhrase(s)

General Richard Myers

I would just characterize it slightly different. Nobody says this is going to be an easy environment or this is going to be an easy path to peace and prosperity in Afghanistan.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Path

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825If we persevere in the career in which we have advanced so far and in the path already traced, we can not fail, under the favor of a gracious Providence, to attain the high destiny which seems to await us.

Martin van Buren

1837-1841At least they will be my standard of conduct in the path before me.

Benjamin Harrison

1889-1893Dangers have been in frequent ambush along our path, but we have uncovered and vanquished them all.

William H. Taft

1909-1913We are charged with the sacred duty of making their path as smooth and easy as we can.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953The most serious difficulty in the path of reconversion and expansion is the establishment of a fair wage structure.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974As President I hold the responsibility for choosing the best path to that goal and then leading the Nation along it.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981But the path of the future must be charted in peace.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989It's the only path that will lead to a strong, sustained recovery.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001All Americans can be proud that our leadership has put Bosnia on the path to peace.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Path

"Path" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Path" is used about 6,244 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.9%6,2381,566
Noun (proper)0.06%4175,879
Unclassified Items0.03%2245,945
                    Total100.00%6,244N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Path

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "path".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
SalimaN/AArabic

Path

SalimN/ABiblical

Path

ShobalN/ABiblical

Path

ShualN/ABiblical

Path

SaleemN/AIndian

Path

SelimN/ATurkish

Path

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Path

CountryName
USA

Critical Path Incorporated

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Path

Expressions using "path": absolute path actual flight path approach path assigned flight path auroral path bang path be on the war path beat a path beaten path bicycle path blind path bridle path bye path carve a path cinder path circular path class I bike path continuous path control of motion CPS critical path analysis critical path method critical path scheduling crooked path cross smb.'s path cross the path of cycle path data path departure path draw a red herring across the path false ils glide path false path final approach path fire rescue path flare path flight path flow path garden path Glide path glide path receiver glide path sector obstacle clearance glide path transmitter gravel path half ils glide path sector hamiltonian path hard work is the path to success holding path Honea Path horse path ils glide path ils glide path angle ils glide path bend ils glide path sector indicated flight path indicated glide path angular errer indicated glide path curvature indicated ils glide path indicated ils glide path angle indicated ils glide path sector infeasible path initial approach path initial path sweeping intended flight path intermediate approach path keep in the right path label switched path lead smb. up the garden path leave the beaten path mail path make a path make clear a path through method of path coefficients narrow path Natural Medicine Path nominal approach path nominal flight path open shortest path first path breaker path coverage testing path expression path finder path lab path line path of least resistance path Pascal path to glory plane of the nominal ils glide path primrose path quantum path remove obstacles from one's path retrace one's path right path scan path segmented approach path shovel a path through the snow sidetone path loss sneak path speech path Spiritual Medicine Path stand in smb.'s path storm path sunken path sweep all obstacles from one's path. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "path": path-based, path-breaking, path-building, path-clamp, path-clearing, path-counting, path-edging, path-finder, path-finders, path-length, path-node, path-side, path-smothering, path-way.

Ending with "path": cliff-path, flight-path, time-path, tow-path.

Containing "path": A-path-y, Open Shortest-Path First, Open Shortest-Path First Interior Gateway Protocol.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Path

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

path

997

spiritual path

42

path train

358

nature path

40

career path

277

sniper path of vengeance

39

garden path

206

life path

38

critical path

113

goal path theory

37

nj path

103

off beaten path

37

bay path college

80

path stone

36

flash path

76

network path not found

35

a worn path

75

skill path

34

nj path train

73

eightfold path

33

shining path

69

path of glory

30

bike path

66

on the beaten path

29

jersey new path train

65

eight fold path

28

new jersey path

61

left hand path

28

i path shoes

61

illinois path prairie

27

i path

56

return path

27

salter path nc

54

skill path seminar

26

flight path

48

salter path

26

fieldstone path

47

nj ny path

25

cycle path

43

flagstone path

24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Path

Language Translations for "path"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

wandelpad, baan (course, orbit, playground, race-course, road, route, running, running track, track, trajectory, way, width). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

shteg (aisle, alley, approach, course, footpath, footway, gangway, gap, Lane, loophole, pass, pathway, ride, trace, track, trackway, trail, way), rruginë (alley, bedside rug, driveway, gangway, Lane, walk), rrugë (approach, approaches, Avenue, course, cycle, drag, drive, gateway, haul, journey, milage, mileage, pathway, ride, road, roadway, route, Street, trail, traverse, way), orbitë (circle, orb, orbit), mënyrë (cut, device, fashion, form, manner, mean, means, method, modality, mode, rate, sort, touch, way, wise), itinerar (itinerary, route, waybill). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نهج (approach, process, tactic, way), ‏رصيف (dock, flagging, footpath, kerb, levee, recife, ridge, sidewalk, stance), ‏إختصار لمعمل التحاليل الطبية, ‏طريق (approach, carriage way, course, lane, line, pass, passage, pathway, ride, right path, road, route, row, run, runway, rut, track, trail, way), ‏طريقة في الحياة, ‏زقاق (alley, alley-way, back street, cul de sac, lane, side street), ‏درب (coach, discipline, drill, exercise, groom, pathway, school, train), ‏قناة (aqueduct, canal, channel, chase, conduit, cut, ditch, duct, gutter, passage, pipe, rut, sluiceway, spile, trough, trunk, tube, water course, waterway), دَرْب (trail), ‏مدار (hub, orb, orbit), ‏مجرى نهر (channel), ‏مجاز (allegory, corridor, figure, image, imagery, metaphor, passage, track, way), ‏مسار (channel, course, route, run, track, trajectory), ‏ممشى (aisle, gangway), ‏ممر (footpath, gangway, lane, passage, passageway, pathway, track, way), ‏سبيل (avenue, course, pathway, track, way). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

траектория (locus, trajectory), курс (course, footsteps, lode, market, quotation, race, rate of exchange, route, run, tack, way), насока (direction, guide line, line, movement, pattern, run, sense, set, stream, tide, turn), линия на поведение (course, policy, proceeding), пътечка (pathway), пътека (alley, footpath, footway, lode, pathway, runner, runway, track, trail, walk, way), път (approach, door, drive, driveway, fetch, gateway, itinerary, journey, key, lode, pad, part, parting, passage, pathway, race, ride, riding, road, roadway, route, time, track, trail, tube, way), професия (business, career, craft, metier, occupation, profession, shop, station, trade), поле за дейност, поприще (arena, avocation, career, field, line, stage, walk of life), писта (course, gangway, landing strip, make way, runway, track). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

道路 (road, way). (various references)

   

Croatian

  

puta. (various references)

   

Czech

  

pìšina (footpath, pathway, walk), stezka (pathway, trace, trail), dráha (career, course, race, railway, route, track, trajectory), cestièka, cesta (alley, byway, career, channel, crossing, drive, itinerary, jaunt, journey, Lane, passage, pathway, ride, road, route, tour, track, trail, travel, trip, venture, voyage, walk, way). (various references)

   

Danish

  

sti (footpath, footway, pedestrian path, walkway). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pad (toad), baan (corridor, course, function, job, office, orbit, passage, post, race-course, road, route, running track, track, trajectory, way, width). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

vojeto, irejo (road, way). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

rás, gøta (street). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مسیر (Career, Course, Orbit, Point, Race, Run, Strand, Street, Trade, Trajectory, Traverse, Vector), طریقت , جاده مال رو, جاده (Causeway, Line, Pad, Pathway, Street, Track, Turnpike, Way), راه (Access, Entry, Highway, How, Manner, Method, Pass, Road, Track, Way), باریک راه . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

polku (path footpath, track, trail). (various references)

   

French

  

sentier (pathway), chemin (pathway), trajet, trajectoire. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

paad. (various references)

   

German

  

Pfad (alley, pathway, trace, track, trail), Weg (alley, Avenue, away, channel, distance, errand, forth, gone, journey, lane, March, method, off, pathway, road, route, switchback, tack, track, trail, walk, way), Steg (bridge, catwalk, footbridge, landing stage, rest, strap, web), Bahn (alley, course, Gore, Lane, length, pathway, railroad, railway, road, route, streetcar, track, train, tram, way, web). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μονοπάτι (footpath, pathway, track, trail), διαδρομή (course, journey, route). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

משעול (pathway), מעגילה (circle, cylinder, orbit, roller), מסלול (course, road, run, track, walk, way), שביל (footpath, pathway, trail, walk), ארח (manner, mode, pass, route, way), דרך (course, fashion, journey, manner, mode, road, route, through, way), נתיב (pathway, road, route, track, trail, way). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pálya (bed, course, field, ice run, lane, line, metals, orbit, run, track), útvonal (circuit, course, itinerary, line, route, track), ösvény (byway, footpath, loaning, pad, pathway, track, trail). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

rintisan (pioneering effort), merintis (clear a way, do pioneering work), lintasan (track, trajectory, way), jalan kecil (byway), jalan (course, go, manner, road, street, way). (various references)

   

Irish

  

cosán. (various references)

   

Italian

  

sentiero (footpath, pathway, track, trail, walk), viale (avenue, Boulevard, driveway, lane, parkway, walk), via (and so on, Avenue, away, by, course, forth, go ahead, off, pass, past, road, route, shoo, street, via, way), traiettoria (flight, trajectory), cammino (journey, road, route, track, walk, walking, way). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

通り道 (one's way, passage, route), 道筋 (itinerary, route), パクパク人形 (late-night phone call, Pacific, Pacific League, packet, pagoda, pajamas, Pascal, pass, puppet with a moving mouth, pyjamas, state of being dried out), 径路 (process, route), 小道 (lane), 小径 (lane). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

パス (pass), しょうけい (a short break or breather, accession, aspiration, brief recess, commerce and economics, expedient, fine scenery, hieroglyphics, inheritance, lane, longing, recess, scenic view, short rest, shortcut, subtotal, succession, type of character representing pictures), こみち (lane), けいろ (channel, course, disposition, hair color, process, route), みちすじ (itinerary, route), とおりみち (one's way, passage, route). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

경로 (paths). (various references)

   

Lombard

  

sendé. (various references)

   

Malagasy

  

lalan-kaleha, lalana. (various references)

   

Manx

  

cassan (passage, pavement, sidewalk, thoroughfare, trajectory). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

sti. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

viòl, sendièr, camin. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

athpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

caminho (aberrance, access, alleyway, drive, driving, gateway, highroad crossing, line, passage, pathway, road, route, run, track, way), vereda (bypass, lane, pathway), trajeto (access, cast, haul, highroad crossing, passage, ride, route, run, track, transit, way). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

potecã (footpath, pathway, runway, trackway, trail, walk), pârtie (track), traiectorie (orbit, trajectory), rutã (line, route, way), galerie de transport, fãgaş (channel, furrow, groove, gully, rut, track, track of wheels, trend), drum (course, drive, highway, journey, passage, road, route, Street, thoroughfare, trace, track, trajectory, trip, voyage, walk, way), direcţie (bearing, board, course, departure, direction, directorate, drift, lay, leadership, manager's office, mastership, run, set, setting, track, trend, way), cale (Avenue, channel, course, distance, drive, means, road, route, step, stitch, Street, track, way), cãrare (alley, footpath, Lane, part, parting, pathway, track, trackway, way). (various references)

   

Romany

  

putèka. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

тропа (pathway, track, trail), тропинка (footpath, foot-path, trace, trackway), тракт (canal, fascicle, tract), траектория (locus, tracings, trajectory), курс (course, policy, rate, standard, tack), контур (circuit, contour, cutout, keyline, outline, sidebar), ветвь обмотки, маршрут (route, rte, waybill), линия действия, путь (canal, channel, cut, pass, pathway, race, route, tract, way, way [#]), пробег частицы. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

slighe (a way, passage, road, route, way), lorg (a staff, crutch, find, foot-print, haft of a spear, mark, staff, trace, track), casan (a path, a rafter, road), aisir, aisridh. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

putanja (orbit, tracing, trajectory), put (drive, flesh, onto, passage, road, time, to, tour, towards, trip, way), staza (lane, pathway, run, stasis, track, trackway, walk, way). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sendero (footpath, trail), camino (Avenue, away, bypath, course, cumin, distance, instant, itinerary, journey, juice, ladder, Lane, lift, line, off, pad, pathway, road, robber, route, tack, tenor, the way, track, trail, way), vía (Lane, lift, line, platform, road, route, tack, track, via, way), trayectoria (flight, track, trajection, trajectory), recorrido (haul, lift, line, range, round, route, run, tack, trail, travel, way). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

pasi (leave, permission, road, route, way). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

njia (road, route, way). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stig (Lane, pad, pathway, track, trail, way), bana (career, course, ground, line, orbit, profession, rink, road, track, trajectory, way), väg (Avenue, course, pad, pass, pathway, road, route, track, trail, way), stråt (pad, road, route, way), sökväg, gång (action, aisle, corridor, course, duct, foot, gait, gangway, go, going, motion, moving, occasion, operation, pace, passage, passageway, progress, road, route, running, the passage of time, time, tread, vent, walk, walking, walkway, way, working). (various references)

   

Tahitian

  

'‚'a. (various references)

   

Thai

  

หลอกลวง (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) (dump on, lead down the garden path, sucker). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

pist (airfield, cinder path, course, floor, landing field, ring, runway, scat, shoo, strip, tarmac, track), patika (alley, footpath, gate, Lane, pathway, trace, track, trail, walkway), yol (angle, approach, Avenue, channel, cutting, expedient, gateway, handle, itinerary, journey, meatus, outlet, road, route, tack, thoroughfare, trail, via, walk, way, weigh, wise), yörünge (circle, orbit, track, trajectory), meslek (avocation, calling, career, game, ism, job, metier, profession, professional, racket, shop, trade, vocation, walk of life). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

яol (road, way), яцrelge (tradition). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стежка (footpath, pathway, trail, trod, walk), траєкторія (arch, locus), шлях (channel, doorway, passage, road, way), курс (course, heading, rate, route, vector). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

đường nhỏ con đường, đường mòn (pathway), đường lối (course, line), đường đi (track, way). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llwybr (aisle, alley, track). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Path

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

2. sila. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

actibus, actu, actum, actus, bethsemitae, bicallis, iter, itinera, itinere, itineribus, itineris, semida, semita, semitae, semitam, semitarum, semitas, semitis. (various references)

Avestan200-600

adhwanem. (various references)

Old English450-1100

foldweg. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Path

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 4, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOrqaV trociaV poiei soiV posin kai taV odouV sou kateuqune
Latin405VulgateDirige semitam pedibus tuis et omnes viae tuae stabilientur
Middle English1395WyclifRiyt reule the pathis to thi feet, and alle thi weies be they stablid.
Jacobean English1611King JamesPonder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Victorian English1833WebsterPonder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Basic English1964OgdenKeep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Path

LanguageProverbs Chapter 4, Verse 26
CebuanoPataga ang alagianan sa imong mga tiil, Ug tukora sa matul-id gayud ang tanan mong mga dalan.
CroatianPazi na stazu kojom kroèiš i neka ti svi putovi budu pouzdani.
Danishgå ad det lige Spor, lad alle dine Veje sigte mod Målet;
DutchWeeg den gang uws voets, en laat al uw wegen wel gevestigd zijn.
FinnishTasoita polku jaloillesi, ja kaikki sinun tiesi olkoot vakaat.
GermanLaß deinen Fuß gleich vor sich gehen, so gehst du gewiß.
Haitian CreoleChache konnen byen sa w'ap fè. Konsa, tou sa w'ap fè ap mache byen pou ou.
HungarianEgyengesd el lábaid ösvényit, s minden te útaid állhatatosak legyenek.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPikirlah baik-baik sebelum berbuat, maka engkau akan berhasil dalam segala usahamu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTimbang-menimbanglah akan pelangkah kakimu, maka engkau akan berjalan dengan jejakan yang tetap.
ItalianBada alla strada dove metti il piede e tutte le tue vie siano ben rassodate.
MaoriWhakatikaia te huarahi o ou waewae, kia u ano hoki ou ara katoa.
NorwegianGjør din fots sti jevn, og la alle dine veier være rette!
PortuguesePondera a vereda de teus pés, e serão seguros todos os teus caminhos.   
RumanianCqrarea pe care mergi sq fie netedq, wi toate cqile tale sq fie hotqrkte:
RussianпВДХНБК УФЕЪА ДМС ОПЗЙ ФЧПЕК, Й ЧУЕ РХФЙ ФЧПЙ ДБ ВХДХФ ФЧЕТДЩ.
SpanishConsidera la senda de tus pies, y todos tus caminos sean correctos.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Path

Derivations

Words beginning with "path": pathbreaking, pathetic, pathetical, pathetically, pathfinder, pathfinders, pathfinding, pathfindings, pathless, pathlessness, pathlessnesses, pathobiologies, pathobiology, pathogen, pathogeneses, pathogenesis, pathogenetic, pathogenic, pathogenicities, pathogenicity, pathogens, pathognomonic, pathologic, pathological, pathologically, pathologies, pathologist, pathologists, pathology, pathophysiologic, pathophysiological, pathophysiologies, pathophysiology, pathos, pathoses, paths, pathway, pathways. (additional references)

Words ending with "path": allopath, bypath, footpath, homeopath, multipath, naturopath, osteopath, psychopath, sociopath, telepath, towpath, warpath. (additional references)

Words containing "path": allelopathic, allelopathies, allelopathy, allopaths, amphipathic, anthropopathism, anthropopathisms, antipathetic, antipathetically, antipathies, antipathy, apathetic, apathetically, apathies, apathy, arthropathies, arthropathy, bypaths, cardiomyopathies, cardiomyopathy, cardiopathies, cardiopathy, clinicopathologic, clinicopathological, clinicopathologically, cytopathic, cytopathogenic, cytopathogenicities, cytopathogenicity, empathetic, empathetically, empathic, empathically, empathies, empathise, empathised, empathises, empathising, empathize, empathized, empathizes, empathizing, empathy, encephalopathic, encephalopathies, encephalopathy, enteropathies, enteropathogenic, enteropathy, feldspathic, footpaths. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Path" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apath, apeth, aph, apth, ath, epith, paath, pach, Paoh, parth, Partha, pata, patha, Pathak, pathi, patho, pathy, pati, patk, pato, pattu, Patu, peath, peth, pilth, Pitha, plath, pta, Ptak, ptha, puht, puteh, pyth, taph, vath. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Path"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "path" (pronounced pa"th)
2-a" thbath, hath, lath, math, Rath, wrath.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Path

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: phat.

Words within the letters "a-h-p-t"

-1 letter: apt, hap, hat, pah, pat, pht, tap.

-2 letters: ah, at, ha, pa, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-p-t"
 

+1 letter: chapt, patch, paths, staph.

 

+2 letters: apathy, aphtha, bypath, hapten, haptic, hatpin, hepcat, heptad, hutzpa, patchy, pathos, phatic, potash, prutah, spathe, staphs, tephra, teraph, threap.

 

+3 letters: aphetic, aphotic, aphthae, apothem, asphalt, atrophy, bypaths, catchup, chapati, chaplet, chapter, chutzpa, dashpot, empathy, epitaph, haplite, haplont, haptene, haptens, hardtop, harpist, hatpins, heeltap, hepatic, hepcats, heptads, heptane, hoptoad, hutzpah, hutzpas, matchup, naphtha, naphtol, panther, patched, patcher, patches, pathway, paughty, phaeton, phantom, phenate, philtra, phonate, phorate, phratry, phytane, pithead, pooftah, pothead, potlach, preheat, repatch, spathal, spathed, spathes, spathic, taphole, teashop, tephras, therapy, threaps, towpath, warpath, zaptiah, zaptieh.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Derived from
17. Names: Company Usage
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Bible Trace
23. Abbreviations
24. Acronyms
25. Derivations
26. Rhymes
27. Anagrams
28. Bibliography


  

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