Away Pronunciation, Meaning, Synonyms & phonetic transcription

not present; having left

"he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"

used of an opponent's ground

"an away game"

(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter

"the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"

from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)

"ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"

from one's possession

"he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"

out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

"brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"

out of existence

"the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"

at a distance in space or time

"the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"

indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

"he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"

so as to be removed or gotten rid of

"cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"

freely or at will

"fire away!"

in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

"put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"

in a different direction

"turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"

in reserve; not for immediate use

"started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"

Passover is still three months away

he's away right now, but he should be back at the office next week

don't walk away while I'm still talking to you

• outside
• away(p)
• outdoor(a)
• extraneous
• remote
• external
• out of door
• outside(a)
• international
• off
• forward
• forth
• out
• aside
• onward
• by
• apart
• past
• at bay
• far
• afar
• separate
• detached
• loose
• abroad
• absent
• gone
• from home
• at a distance
• not present
• begone
• let us go
• distance
• deep
• distant
• far flung
• far off
• faraway
• removed
• missing
• down
• fro
• hence

• close
• near
• nearby
• nigh
• here
• in
• present

• بعيدًاArabic
• прэчByelorussian
• pryč Czech
• fort weg los unterwegs abwesend fern German
• μακριά απών Greek
• lejos fuera ausente Spanish
• pois poissa päässä kuluttua lomalla poispäin Finnish
• loin French
• ar fad Irish
• jauh Indonesian
• fjarverandi í ekki við frí Icelandic
• via lontano Italian
• ឆ្ងាយ, មិននៅ, ចាកឆ្ងាយ, នៅលើCambodian
• foras loci foris hinc procul a loco latin
• bort, borte
• bort, borte
• stąd daleko na wyjeździe z dala precz niedostępny Polish
• لرېPashto
• fora saia embora vai/vá embora indisponível longe suma/some daqui para fora a sai daqui a ausente Portuguese
• absent indisponibil departe încolo de aici în continuare Romanian
• вон далеко долой недоступно прочь Russian
• preč Slovak
• pròč, stránSlovenian
• borta Swedish
• прiч, гетьUkrainian

1. Because the hermit lived far away from the village, everyone thought he was a misanthrope who hated the world.

2. Because the spy did not want to give away the location of his headquarters, he always took a long and circuitous route to his office.

3. The child’s tactile response was to move her hand away from the hot stove.

4. The selfish king threw lavish parties while the people of his kingdom wasted away during the famine.

5. Though owning rental homes can be profitable, the expenses of upkeeping the houses can easily eat away at any money made.

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