pathway

6 definitions • 10 examples

a track that a person can walk along:

New pedestrian pathways are being built alongside the road.

a series of actions that can be taken in order to achieve something:

Working your way up through a company is a difficult pathway.

He has supported legislation that would grant most illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship.

Ms. Smith, the foundation's president, hopes it can help open new pathways for young black men.

a series of actions that is taken in a particular situation, especially as part of medical treatment:

The patient should be given a full explanation of the treatment pathway and this may include information sheets about their medication.

What proportion of Alzheimer's sufferers follow this pathway?

a way for something to spread within the body or between bodies:

The mind creates its own neural pathways.

Lesions caused by syphilis can provide a pathway for HIV infection.

a set of connected chemical reactions in biology:

The fish can derive energy from sugars via a biochemical pathway that doesn't require oxygen but is far less efficient than the oxygen route.

a path:

a rough pathway on the mountainside