pathways
USPATH-wayz/ˈpæθˌweɪz/UKPAHTH-wayz/ˈpɑːθˌweɪz/
- 1Plural of pathway.
Neural pathways in the brain grow stronger with repeated practice.
The college offers several pathways into the engineering program.
Note
A regular plural, made by adding -s to the solid compound pathway, so it is never split into two words. The same form serves every meaning of pathway: footpaths and tracks through open ground, the chains of linked reactions that biochemists trace through metabolism, and, figuratively, the different courses a person might follow, as in career pathways or pathways into a program.
pathways is a form of pathway
pathway, noun: A footpath or other track for walking from one place to another. Full entry
- Forms
- pathwaypathways plural
- Spelling
- pathway → pathways: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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