path, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

path (paths plural )

1 n-count A path is a long strip of ground which people walk along to get from one place to another.
We followed the path along the clifftops...

2 n-count Your path is the space ahead of you as you move along.
A group of reporters blocked his path...

3 n-count The path of something is the line which it moves along in a particular direction.
He stepped without looking into the path of a reversing car.

4 n-count A path that you take is a particular course of action or way of achieving something. (=road, route)
The opposition appear to have chosen the path of cooperation rather than confrontation...

5 n-count You can say that something is in your path or blocking your path to mean that it is preventing you from doing or achieving what you want. (=way)
The Church of England put a serious obstacle in the path of women who want to become priests.

6 If you cross someone's path or if your paths cross, you meet them by chance.
♦ sb's paths cross/cross sb's path phrase
It was highly unlikely that their paths would cross again...