pathway

Everyday

1. A path or track that people walk along, often through a garden, park or field. tree →
2. A way or route to reach a goal, such as a career or a level at school. tree →
3. (science) A route that something follows, like nerve pathways in the brain or the pathway food takes through the body. tree →

In the lessons

In stories pathways wind through woods and lead to secret places; in safety lessons children are told to stay on the pathway near cliffs or water. In maths a pathway can be a route on a grid to be counted or measured. In science lessons digestion or a nerve signal follows a pathway. In school talk «a learning pathway» is a planned way through subjects. Phrases: «a pathway to», «stay on the pathway», «garden pathway», «cycle pathway».

Examples

• A stone pathway led to the front door. tree →
• Stay on the pathway near the cliff edge. tree →
• The pathway around the lake is 3 km long. tree →
• Education is a pathway to a good job. tree →
• Food takes a long pathway through the body. tree →
• We cleared the snow off the pathway. tree →
• The pathway was lit by little lamps. tree →
• How many different pathways go from A to B on the grid? tree →
• You will remember there was no road—not even a pathway—between the castle of the Wicked Witch and the Emerald City. tree →

Note

Countable: a pathway, two pathways. Means almost the same as «path»; «pathway» sounds a little more formal or planned. In route problems, add the lengths of each part of the pathway to find the total distance.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Proverbs it means the way of life. The tradition reads the "pathway of righteousness" as a road that leads to life. In the primary lessons: In stories pathways wind through woods and lead to secret places; in safety lessons children are told to stay on the pathway near cliffs or water. In maths a pathway can be a route on a grid to be counted or measured. In science lessons digestion or a nerve signal follows a pathway. In school talk «a learning pathway» is a planned way through subjects. Phrases: «a pathway to», «stay on the pathway», «garden pathway», «cycle pathway».

Examples

• In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death. (Writings PRO.12.28, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: a pathway, two pathways. Means almost the same as «path»; «pathway» sounds a little more formal or planned. In route problems, add the lengths of each part of the pathway to find the total distance.