Dictionary
path
Pronunciation: (path, päth), [key]—
n.,
—pl. pathsPronunciation: (pa&thslash;z, pä&thslash;z, paths, päths). [key]
1. a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
2. a narrow walk or way:
a path through a garden; a bicycle path.
3. a route, course, or track along which something moves:
the path of a hurricane.
4. a course of action, conduct, or procedure:
the path of righteousness.
5. Math. a continuous curve that connects two or more points.
6. Computers.the sequence of steps that a computer follows in carrying out a routine, as in storing and retrieving a file at a specific location.
7. cross one's path, to encounter or meet unexpectedly:
Tragedy crossed our path again.path-
var. of
patho- before a vowel:
pathosis.-path
a combining form occurring in personal nouns corresponding to abstract nouns ending in
-pathy, with the general sense “one practicing such a treatment” (
osteopath) or “one suffering from such an ailment” (
psychopath).
path.
1. pathological.
2. pathology.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
