On The Way

Definition: On The Way

On The Way

Adverb

1. On a route to some place; "help is on the way"; "we saw him on the way to California".

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

Synonym: On The Way

Sequence

Adverb: forward, onward; forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to; in progress; in mid progress; in transitu.

Transference

On the way, by the way; on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course; as one goes; in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.

Crosswords: On The Way

Funny business, a woman's career, the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Hey, try not to suck any dick on the way through the parking lot! (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

Statistically they say you're more likely to get killed on the way to the airport. (Dumb & Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly; Bennett Yellin)

Picture a girl who took a nose dive from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. (Saving Private Ryan; writing credit: Robert Rodat)

On the way I'll tell you all I know. (The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes; writing credit: Arthur Conan Doyle; H. Fowler Mear)

But something happened on the way to heaven (Something Happened On The Way To Heaven; performing artist: Phil Collins)

And on the way I grabbed Soley and Mia (Hit 'em up Style (Oops!); performing artist: Blu Cantrell)

Well in the end I'll know, but on the way I wonder (On The Road To Find Out; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

I see trouble on the way. (BAD MOON RISING; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

And a green card's on the way! (Hip-Hop Hooray; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

The Light on the Way (1912)

On the Way Home: A Very White Day (2001)

Wasted On The Way (performing artist: Stills & Nash Crosby)

Something Happened On The Way To Heaven (performing artist: Phil Collins)

Love Is On The Way (performing artist: Saigon Kick)

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

Books

• Baby on the Way (Sears Children Library) (reference)

• On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 (reference)

• Debt-Proof Your Kids : An Interesting Thing Happened on the Way to Getting a Financially Confident Life ... My Kids Got One Too (reference)

• Four by Sondheim (A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) (reference)

• On the Way to Gretna Green (Regency Romance) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Widescreen Edition) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• We'll Dodge It on the Way Back (reference)

• A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1962 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

• Vocal Warm-Ups: On The Way! (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Launch lunch on the way to a triangulation station Party off of SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Bob Pryce getting near the top On the way to Station Wide. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

An expanse of white greets the viewer on the way to the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

On the way back home - a short stop in the Yakutat area. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

C-141's on the tarmack at Honolulu on the way to New Zealand stopover. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Sunrise on the way to Ketchikan. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Aerial view of the Taku River on the way to Taku Glacier Lodge. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Passing along the front of the Trans-Antarctic Mountains on the way up Skelton Glacier. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Rescue ice breaker on the way to the SURVEYOR. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 41. Helical mounting mechanism of Negretti and Zambra. This mechanism was meant to cause the reversing thermometer of Negretti and Zambra to flip at the required depth. The helical screw would measure the depth on the way down and release the mounting at the desired depth. James Ferguson of the CHALLENGER modified this mechanism and tested it in the Sulu Sea at over 4000 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

On the way back they sang a number of tuneful and reflective songs on the subjects of peace, justice, morality, culture, sport, family life and the obliteration of all other life forms.

Still he was on the way.

I thought my mother and my brother York Would long ere this have met us on the way.

Always on the way.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

On the way to Tuxtla, the priests report having been beaten by the police. (references)

In urban areas, shorts are generally not worn except on the way to participate in a sport or go to the gym. Swimsuits are noticeably more conservative than those worn by either gender in Brazil (or Europe). (references)

Civil Liberties

Turkey

The country continued to be a transit and departure point for illegal migrants and asylum seekers of various nationalities on the way to other European countries, who travel in small groups utilizing land routes, boats, and ships. (references)

Economic History

Canada

Some of these differences will have an impact on the way US firms approach these markets. (references)

Bahrain

Large infrastructure projects already under way and on the way also offer opportunities for U.S. companies. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

Puga claimed that the police put a gun to his head, beat him, and sprayed tear gas in his eyes on the way to the police station. (references)

Tunisia

The Government originally claimed that J'day committed suicide by hanging himself with his shirt from the bars in his cell and that he died on the way to the hospital. (references)

Ukraine

Unlike in the previous year, there were no reports of police mistreating, robbing, or beating detainees on the way to and at such centers, although there were reports of police harassing such persons on the street. (references)

Political Economy

CZECH REPUBLIC

In 1999, with the current account well on the way to recovery and the exchange rate of the crown relatively strong, the central bank, ahead of its inflation target for a second year in row, cut interest rates several times. (references)

Worker Rights

Ghana

There is reportedly some trafficking in persons from Burkina Faso, mostly transiting Ghana on the way to Cote d'Ivoire. (references)

Argentina

According to the same report, another five Bolivian minors were found later that month aboard a truck on the way to jobs harvesting and packaging onions near Bahia Blanca. (references)

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

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "on the way": accident on the way to and from work ♦ be on the way ♦ call on the way ♦ on the way home ♦ on the way out ♦ on the way there ♦ on the way to ♦ stand on the way of ♦ tarry on the way. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

отбивам се (call on the way, pop in, put in). (various references)

Chinese 

半路 (halfway, midway). (various references)

Danish

ulykkestilfælde på vej til eller fra arbejdet (accident on the way to and from work, accident while travelling, commuting accident), ulykke på vej til eller fra arbejde (accident on the way to and from work, accident while travelling, commuting accident). (various references)

Dutch

onderweg (en route). (various references)

Finnish

sinne mentäessä, matkan varrella (during the journey), matkalla. (various references)

French

en route. (various references)

German

unterwegs (away, bound, en route, under way). (various references)

Greek 

στο δρόμο. (various references)

Hungarian

útközben (along the way, by the way, en route, in transit, on the go, on the run, under way), útban (in the way, on the way out). (various references)

Italian

per strada (on the move). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"中 (en route, midway). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つちゅう (en route, midway), ゆくゆく (someday), とおりすがり (passing, that happen to pass by), とちゅう (en route, midway). (various references)

Pig Latin

onay ethay ayway

Portuguese

a caminho (en route, on course, underway). (various references)

Romanian

zãbovi pe drum (tarry on the way). (various references)

Russian 

заехать (call on the way), попутно (on the way home), по пути домой (on ~ way home, on the way home). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zvati na putu za (call on the way). (various references)

Spanish

accidente in itinere (accident on the way to and from work, accident while travelling, commuting accident), accidente en el trayecto del trabajo (accident on the way to and from work, accident while travelling, commuting accident). (various references)

Swedish

olycka på väg till eller från arbetet (accident on the way to and from work, accident while travelling, commuting accident), på ditvägen (on the way there). (various references)

Turkish

çıkarken (on the way out), çıkışta (on the way out). (various references)

obviam, obvius. (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: anyhow, tawney.

-3 letters: atone, atony, honey, hyena, neath, noway, oaten, tawny, thane, thewy, toney, towny, waney, wheat, yenta.

-4 letters: aeon, ahoy, anew, ante, awny, eath, enow, etna, haen, haet, hant, hate, heat, hent, hewn, hone, howe, hoya, hwan, hyte, neat, newt, nota, note, nowt, oath, thae, than, thaw, then, thew, they, toea, tone.

+3 letters: unseaworthy.

+5 letters: downheartedly.