path

path · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A way or track laid down for walking or made by repeated footsteps.

  2. 2.

    The course or direction of travel or movement.

  3. 3.

    A course of action or way of achieving something.

  4. 4.

    (Computing) The location of a file in a directory structure.

Forms

plural: paths

Related words

See also: road, route, trail, way
Synonyms: route, track, trail, way

Etymology

From Old English pæþ, from Proto-Germanic paþaz meaning "path, way." Related to Dutch pad and German Pfad. The word has been in continuous use since Old English.