path

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Meaning

1. A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
2. A course taken.
3. A metaphorical course or route; progress.
4. A method or direction of proceeding.
5. A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
6. A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
7. A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
8. A continuous map f from the unit interval I=[0,1] to a topological space X.
9. A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.

path

road

way

track

trail

route

course

pathway

street

passage

lane

alley

footpath

roadway

channel

itinerary

highway

direction

trajectory

line

method

avenue

orbit

door

walk

mean

manner

run

rut

means

thoroughfare

model

way of life

trackway

walkway

foot-path

footway

race

access

circuit

tract

steps

tracks

berm

verge

highroad

city

town

process

one’s way

spoor

trace

behavior

conduct

mode of practices

procedure

entrance

guideline

circle

rotation

parkway

rack

flow

transmission

frequented path

doorway

end

part

place

side

heat

pike

diameter

line of approach

line of policy

policy

tack

link

leg pathway

orbital

rail

closed circuit

closed path

complete

passage-way

beam

canal

meatus

village

pathline

crossway

throughfare

fairway

ski run

ski trail

coast

drive

passageway

go past

waver

national highway

stepping stone

side street

cycle route

course of life

key

thread

high road

life

footprints

access road

through road

intention

purpose

traces

mindset

alleyway

corridor

gangway

Wicca

druidism

paseo

motor road

data track

step

plan

towards

narrow path

journey

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɑːθ/

From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”) (compare West Frisian paad, Dutch pad, German Pfad), Ancient Greek πατέω (patéō) / πάτος (pátos), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀 (panta, “way”), 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀 (paθa, genitive), Old Persian [script needed] (pathi-)), from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs (compare Sanskrit पन्था (panthā), पथ (patha)), from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from *pent- (“path”) (compare English find). Doublet of panth.