path paTH/Submit noun noun: path; plural noun: paths 1. a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading. synonyms: trail, pathway, walkway, track, footpath, trackway, bridleway, bridle path, portage trail, lane, alley, alleyway, passage, passageway; More the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving. the missile traced a fiery path in the sky synonyms: route, way, course; More a course of action or conduct. an ordered, gradual path toward economic liberalization synonyms: course of action, route, road, avenue, line, approach, tack, strategy, tactic the best path toward a settlement a schedule available for allocation to an individual railroad train over a given route. COMPUTING a definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program. verb verb: path; 3rd person present: paths; gerund or present participle: pathing; past tense: pathed; past participle: pathed 1. (especially in computing and railroad contexts) allocate a path. Origin Old English pæth ; related to Dutch pad, German Pfad, of unknown ultimate origin. -path combining form suffix: -path 1. denoting a practitioner of curative treatment. homeopath 2. denoting a person who suffers from a disease. psychopath Origin back-formation from -pathy, or from Greek -pathēs ‘-sufferer.’ path. abbreviation 1. pathological. 2. pathology.
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