Dictionary

pathway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈpæθˌweɪ/ (Northern-England, US)
• /ˈpɑːθˌweɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English pathwei, equivalent to path + way. Cognate with German Pfadweg, Afrikaans padweg.

Meanings

1. A footpath or other path or track.
   • YOU WILL REMEMBER there was no road—not even a pathway—between the castle of the Wicked Witch and the Emerald City. 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Winged Monkeys”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 167:
   • go down the pathway
   • on the pathway
   • follow the pathway
2. A sequence of biochemical compounds, and the reactions linking them, that describe a process in metabolism or catabolism.
   • On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of oxidative stress [51 ]. 2015 September 15, “Assessing the Metabolic Diversity of Streptococcus from a Protein Domain Point of View”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
3. (figuratively) A course of action.
   • Similarly, although both clinical pathway and case management programmes seek to improve system efficiency, critical pathways concentrate on high-volume conditions with high costs in which care is generally patternable […] 2000, Amitabh Prakash, Acute Stroke Treatment, page 102:
   • the pathway to success

Forms

Deriveds

metabolic pathway · subpathway · neuropathway · eigenpathway · hedgehog signalling pathway · biopathway · pathwayed · intrapathway · superpathway · mesolimbic pathway · geniculostriate pathway · immunopathway · endopathway · pentose phosphate pathway · signalling pathway · multipathway

Translations (35)

de Pfad (footpath, path or track) · pl szlak (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) · es trillo (footpath, path or track) · es calzada (footpath, path or track) · it via (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) · es vía (footpath, path or track) · es portillo (footpath, path or track) · es trocha (footpath, path or track) · pl dróżka (footpath, path or track) · gl sendeiro (footpath, path or track) · es pasil (footpath, path or track) · xul mura (footpath, path or track) · de Bahn (footpath, path or track) · es vía (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) · es sendero (footpath, path or track) · gl ruta (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) · gl vía (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) · pt via (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) · pl szlak (footpath, path or track) · hi पथ (footpath, path or track) · xul murra (footpath, path or track) · es senda (footpath, path or track) · tr yolak (footpath, path or track) · bg пътека (footpath, path or track) · id lintasan (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) · pl ścieżka (footpath, path or track) · gl carreiro (footpath, path or track) · es arriate (footpath, path or track) · gl camiño (footpath, path or track) · sv stig (footpath, path or track) · tr patika (footpath, path or track) · es camino (footpath, path or track) · ms tapak jalan (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) · hi पगडंडी (footpath, path or track) · fr voie (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds)