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NOUN (4)

1. a course of conduct;
- Example: "the path of virtue"
- Example: "we went our separate ways"
- Example: "our paths in life led us apart"
- Example: "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
[syn: way, path, way of life]

2. a way especially designed for a particular use;

3. an established line of travel or access;
[syn: path, route, itinerary]

4. a line or route along which something travels or moves;
- Example: "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"
- Example: "the track of an animal"
- Example: "the course of the river"
[syn: path, track, course]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

path \path\ (p[.a]th), n.; pl. paths (p[.a][th]z). [AS. p[ae][eth], pa[eth]; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. pa`tos, Skr. patha, path. [root]21.] 1. A trodden way; a footway. [1913 Webster] The dewy paths of meadows we will tread. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action. [1913 Webster] All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth. --Ps. xxv. 10. [1913 Webster] The paths of glory lead but to the grave. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Path \Path\ (p[.a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pathed (p[.a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Pathing.] To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). [R.] "Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways." --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Path \Path\, v. i. To walk or go. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

path n 1: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: way, path, way of life] 2: a way especially designed for a particular use 3: an established line of travel or access [syn: path, route, itinerary] 4: a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: path, track, course]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

path 1. pathname. 2. A bang path or explicitly routed Internet address; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines. 3. The list of directories the kernel (under Unix) or the command interpreter (under MS-DOS) searches for executables. It is stored as part of the environment in both operating systems. Other, similar constructs abound under Unix; the C preprocessor, for example, uses such a search path to locate "#include" files. [Jargon File] (1996-11-21)
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

path n. 1. A bang path or explicitly routed Internet address; a node-by-node specification of a link between two machines. Though these are now obsolete as a form of addressing, they still show up in diagnostics and trace headers occasionally (e.g. in NNTP headers). 2. [Unix] A filename, fully specified relative to the root directory (as opposed to relative to the current directory; the latter is sometimes called a relative path). This is also called a pathname. 3. [Unix and MS-DOS/Windows] The search path, an environment variable specifying the directories in which the shell (COMMAND.COM, under MS-DOS) should look for commands. Other, similar constructs abound under Unix (for example, the C preprocessor has a search path it uses in looking for # include files).