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The definition of a path is a trail, route, course or a line of movement.

(noun)

An example of a path is what deer follow through the forest.
An example of a path is what hikers follow up a mountain.
An example of a path is the direction taken by a tornado.
An example of path is the vapor left behind a plane in the sky.

See path in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a track or way worn by footsteps; trail
a walk or way for the use of people on foot, as in a park or garden
a line of movement; course taken: the path of the meteor
a course or manner of conduct, thought, or procedure

Origin: ME < OE pæth, akin to Ger pfad, Du pad, prob. early Gmc loanword < Iran (as in Avestan path-) < IE base *pent(h)-, to step, go > find, L pons, bridge

Related Forms:

pathless adjective

pathological
pathology

See path in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. paths (păÞz, päÞz, păths, päths)

A trodden track or way.
A road, way, or track made for a particular purpose: a bicycle path.
The route or course along which something travels or moves: the path of a hurricane.
A course of action or conduct: the path of righteousness.
Computer Science
a. A sequence of commands or a link between points that is needed to reach a particular goal.
b. A pathname.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English pǽth; see pent- in Indo-European roots

prefix

Variant of patho-.

suffix