away betydelse and definition

Betydelse av away på svenska

• 0 somewhere else, or to or in a different place, position, or situation:

  • Ms Watson is away on holiday until the end of the week.

  • Keep/Stay away from him.

  • Just go away and leave me alone!

  • The sight was so horrible that I had to look/turn away.

  • The recent flood has swept away the footbridge.

  • I've given away all my old clothes to charity.

  • UK Would you like your burger to eat in or take away?

• 1 at a distance (of or from here):

  • How far away is the station?

  • The office is a half-hour drive away.

  • We live five kilometres away from each other.

  • Life's so much quieter away from the city.

  • informal Oh, it's miles away (= a long distance from here).

• 2 in or into the usual or a suitable place, especially one that can be closed:

  • Would you put the ice cream away in the freezer?

  • My grandparents had £800 hidden away in an old shoe box.

• 3 gradually until mostly or completely gone:

  • All the snow had melted away.

  • The music faded away as the procession moved slowly up the street.

  • We used to while away (= spend) the weekends at my aunt's house in the country.

  • We danced the night away (= until the night was over).

• 4 in the future:

  • My English exam's only a week away and I haven't even started to prepare.

• 5 continuously or repeatedly, or in a busy way:

  • I was still writing away when the exam finished.

  • Chris has been working away in the garden all day.

  • We were chatting away at the back and didn't hear what he said.

• 6 An away match or game is played at an opposing team's sports ground:

  • We lost the away game but won both home games.

  • UK Everton unveiled their new yellow-and-blue away strip (= clothing worn by a team at away games).

• 7 somewhere else, or to or in a different place, position, or situation:

  • Barbara is away on vacation until the end of the week.

  • The Jeffersons went away for the weekend, but they’ll be back on Monday.

• 8 at a distance (from this place):

  • How far away is the station?

• 9 in the future; from now:

  • The wedding is still six months away.

• 10 in or into the usual or a suitable place, esp. one that is enclosed:

  • Put the groceries away before you go out again.

• 11 gradually until mostly or completely gone:

  • The music faded away.

• 12 continuously or repeatedly, or actively:

  • Chris has been working away on the car all day.