Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- prep. By way of: went to Pittsburgh via Philadelphia.
- prep. By means of: sent the letter via airmail.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A highway; a road; a way or passage. The word is often used adverbially in the ablative case, with the meaniug ‘by way’ (of being understood with the following noun): as, to send a letter via London (that is, by way of London); to go to Washington via Philadelphia.
- n. In anatomy and medicine, a natural passage of the body.
- Away! off! formerly a word of encouragement from commanders to their men, riders to their horses, etc., and also an expression of impatience, defiance, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
- n. electronics A small hole in a printed-circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
- prep. By way of; passing through.
- prep. By (means of); using (a medium).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A road or way.
- prep. By the way of.
Etymologies
- From Latin viā, ablative singular of via ("way, road"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin viā, ablative of via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The up train, which runs from Bristol to London in exactly two hours, via Badminton, is matched by a down train in the same time by the easier but slightly longer main line (_via_ Bath), giving a start-to-stop speed of 59-1/8 miles an hour, with a dead slow through Bath Station.”
“The word via means "by way of" or "through," which gets at the heart of VIA at HCH's three-fold goal: to better the conditions of life for others through service to humanity, build alliances between religious and nonreligious individuals and communities and combat the misconception that the nonreligious do not contribute to society.”
“When the owner/operators Amy Pulley and Alice Cozzolino wanted to sell, they spread the word via their customers.”
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“The university announced that the team would arrive at Hinkle Field-house sometime after midnight, spreading the word via radio, e-mails, and texts.”
“Today the easiest solution to fragments is to issue them ISBNs and to link them to the title via a combination or an ISTC.”
“In 1934, when he was matched up against Max Baer in a legitimate contest, Carnera got knocked down eleven times before losing the title via TKO.”
“She has managed never to send a note or a word via Benny to her daughter.”
“Michele Yulo is a mother who signed the J.C. Penney petition; she also spread the word via her blog, on Facebook and on Twitter.”
“Instead, it was Pacquiao 54-3-2, who retained his title via majority decision, ahead by two rounds according to one judge, one according to another and tied according to a third.”
“Just spreading the word via Facebook and Twitter shows them they, and the people they are helping have not been forgotten.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘via’.
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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3-Letter Scrabble Words Which Do Not ...
A list of 3-letter words which cannot be formed by adding a letter to a 2-letter word (see Ken Clark's word lists found at http://www.seattlescrab...
ace, act, aff, aft, apo, app, apt, auk, ava, ave, avo, azo and 225 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
yours, yourself, yet, your, without, you, within, will, yourselves, would, why, with and 291 more...
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
¡La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones! Ayúdame a encontrarlas todas.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch valen como una sola ...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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September Words-10031
During the month of September, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has...
pseudonym, Cacophony, Cannabis, Bogus, Soulless, via, celestial, Liquor, dwarf, Wretched, Gemini, quartz and 53 more...
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man gre
abase, abeyance, abreast, abscission, abscond, abyss, accede, accretion, acerbic, acidulous, acumen, adulterate and 481 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1824 more...
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andrew.simone's Words
elan, prestidigitation, flummoxed, autochthonous, missive, hoi polloi, schadenfreude, frou-frou, oolong, burleseque, ontic, etymology and 165 more...
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Latinate
lorem ipsum, citius, altius, fortius, curriculum vitae, bona fide, terra nullius, habeas corpus, quidnunc, voir dire, emeritus, quincunx and 99 more...
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dyy's Words
ambivalence, irony, double-edged sword, paradox, struggle, plunge, buoy, pigeon-hole, ultimately, status quo, fuel, undermine and 230 more...
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ESL Academic Word List
This is a list of academic words for students learning English as a Second or Foreign Language. It includes 570 word families that often appear in academic texts. It does not include words that are...
collapse, depression, colleagues, invoked, levy, nonetheless, likewise, so-called, ongoing, conceived, forthcoming, integrity and 558 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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Passageway or Path
Nouns meaning passageway or path
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for via.
Nicholas Hero Maldonado I see this word all the time and it's just fun to say..Just ask Samantha Puckett "i-Carly" Sep 20, 2010