WAY – English Grammar Profiler
The word ‘way’ is almost always a noun, but sometimes it can be an adverb.
1 WAY (singular noun)
Here are common phrases at various levels as examples:
And, by the way, I was right, she‘s not married.
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Personality goes a long way.
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Colonel, I have no way to protect these people.
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I guess, in one way or another,
I‘ve been headed for this
for a couple of years, haven’t I?
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I shall be relieved when it is ended,
one way or the other.
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What if we do it the other way around?
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It went in every direction, all the way to the end.
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Now, in no way does this excuse corrupt behavior.
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Because, at the end of the day, it could, if necessary by force, get its own way.
TED
Something always held me back or stood in the way.
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2 WAY (II32) 83960 3-part complex prepositional phrase = by way of
3 WAY (RR22) 78449 = There are also adverb phrases such as: ‘half way’, ‘under way’
4 WAY (RR%) 53219
The word ‘way’ is usually a general adverb before many types of adverbs, and adjectives. (RG)(RGR)(RRR)(RP)(JJ)(JJR), but this sense is unlisted in the English Vocabulary Profile.
1 IS WAY TOO 15499
This is way too hot.
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2 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) THROUGH (II) 9816
3 ARE (VBR) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 7823 4 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) . (.) 7677 5 WAS (VBDZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 7600
6 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%) MORE (RGR) 5658
7 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) , (,) 5202
8 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) BETTER (RRR_JJR) 4798 9 ‘S (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 4066
10 BE (VBI) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 2944
11 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) IN (II) 2821
12 ARE (VBR) WAY (RR%) MORE (RGR) 2817
13 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) BETWEEN (II) 2804 14 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) THROUGH (RP@_II) 2772
15 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) TO (TO) 2481
16 HAVE (VH0) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 2334
18 WERE (VBDR) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 1971
19 BE (VBI) WAY (RR%_NN1) MORE (RGR) 1782
20 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) TO (II) 1765
21 ARE (VBR) WAY (RR%) BETTER (RRR_JJR) 1679
22 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) . (.) 1676 23 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) DOWN (RP_II@) 1558 24 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) UP (RP_II@) 1553 25 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) AND (CC) 1552 26 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) AT (II) 1461
27 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) FOR (IF) 1369
28 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) MORE (DAR_RRR) 1360
29 IT (PPH1) WAY (RR%) TOO (RG) 1328
30 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) THERE (RL) 1321 31 WAS (VBDZ) WAY (RR%) MORE (RGR) 1246 32 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) AROUND (II_RP) 1240 33 BEEN (VBN) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 1187 34 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) ACROSS (II) 1175 35 ‘S (VBZ) WAY (RR%) MORE (RGR) 1150 36 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) , (,) 1144 37 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) ON (II) 1136 38 WAS (VBDZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) BETTER (RRR_JJR) 1105 39 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) DOWN (RP) 1074 40 HAVE (VH0) WAY (RR%) MORE (DAR) 1005 41 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) UP (RP) 985 42 HAD (VHD) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 965 43 HAS (VHZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 908 44 BUT (CCB) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 889 45 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) AND (CC) 844 46 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) POINT (VV0@_NN1) 808 47 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) WITH (IW) 781 48 THEY (PPHS2) WAY (RR%) YOU (PPY) 763 49 HAS (VHZ) WAY (RR%) MORE (DAR) 735 50 ‘S (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) BETTER (RRR_JJR) 730 51 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) EASIER (RRR_JJR) 727 52 , (,) WAY (RR%_NN1) MORE (RGR) 705
53 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) INTO (II) 703
54 ARE (VBR) WAY (RR%_NN1) OFF (RP) 695
55 BE (VBI) WAY (RR%_NN1) BETTER (RRR_JJR) 658 56 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) WITH (IW) 656 57 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%) CHEAPER (JJR) 655
58 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) DIFFERENT (JJ) 650
59 BEING (VBG) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 617 60 ARE (VBR) WAY (RR%) MORE (DAR) 603 61 IT (PPH1) WAY (RR%_NN1) BACK (RP_NN1) 580 62 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) UP (II) 528 63 THEY (PPHS2) WAY (RR%) I (PPIS1) 490 64 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%) EASIER (JJR_RRR) 483 65 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%) LESS (RGR) 482 66 ARE (VBR) WAY (RR%_NN1) DOWN (RP) 479 67 THEY (PPHS2) WAY (RR%) IT (PPH1) 476 68 ‘RE (VBR) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 461 69 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%) WORSE (JJR_RRR@) 445 70 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) FASTER (RRR_JJR) 444 71 IT (PPH1) WAY (RR%) MORE (RGR) 442 72 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) DONE (VDN) 436 73 ME (PPIO1) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 432 74 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%) BIGGER (JJR) 428 75 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) THROUGH (II_RP@) 426 76 IT (PPH1) WAY (RR%_NN1) TO (II) 425 77 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%) HIGHER (JJR_RRR@) 424 78 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%) MORE (RGR_DAR) 418 79 ‘M (VBM) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 417 80 ARE (VBR) WAY (RR%_NN1) UP (RP) 409 81 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%) MORE (DAR) 398 82 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) MARK (VV0) 394 83 . (.) WAY (RR%_NN1) MORE (RGR) 378 84 WAS (VBDZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) MORE (DAR_RRR) 378 85 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG_RR@) 377 86 PROBABLY (RR) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 375 87 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) ALONG (II_RP) 369 88 ARE (VBR) WAY (RR%) CHEAPER (JJR) 362 89 ‘S (VBZ) WAY (RR%) EASIER (JJR_RRR) 353 90 BUT (CCB) WAY (RR%_NN1) MORE (RGR) 353 91 AM (VBM) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 349 92 HALF (RR21) WAY (RR22) DECENT (JJ) 345 93 IS (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) MORE (RRR_DAR) 343 94 HAD (VHD) WAY (RR%) MORE (DAR) 339 95 WERE (VBDR) WAY (RR%) MORE (RGR) 339 96 UNDER (RR21) WAY (RR22) (NULL) 337 97 ‘S (VBZ) WAY (RR%_NN1) MORE (DAR_RRR) 330 98 IT (PPH1) WAY (RR%_NN1) DOWN (RP) 330 99 ARE (VBR) WAY (RR%) MORE (DAR_RRR) 321
100 THEM (PPHO2) WAY (RR%_NN1) TOO (RG) 318