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path

Syllabification: (path)
Pronunciation: /paTH/

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Definition of path

noun (plural paths /paT͟Hz, paTHs/)

  • a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading.
  • the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving:the missile traced a fiery path in the sky figurativea chosen career path
  • a course of action or conduct:an ordered, gradual path toward economic liberalization
  • a schedule available for allocation to an individual railroad train over a given route.
  • Computing a definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program.

verb

[no object] (usually as noun pathing)
  • (especially in computing and railroad contexts) allocate a path.

Phrases

the path of least resistance

Derivatives

pathless

adjective

Origin:

Old English pæth; related to Dutch pad, German Pfad, of unknown ultimate origin

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