away

Moving from the place where you are.

• Please go away.
• The dog ran away yesterday.
• We drove away before sunrise.

Similar words: off

Common phrases: go away, run away, drive away

In a direction that faces or leads somewhere else.

• She looked away.
• He turned away when I approached.
• Please face away from the camera.

How to use it: away from someone/something (He turned away from the bright light.)

Similar words: aside

Common phrases: look away, turn away, face away

If someone is not here, they may be traveling or staying somewhere else.

• Dad is away today.
• We were away all weekend.
• Will you be away next week?

How to use it: be away from somewhere (My sister is away from home this week.); be away on something (The manager is away on business.)

Similar words: absent, gone

Opposites: present

Common phrases: be away, away from home, away on holiday

At a certain distance from a place, time, or situation.

• The shop is five minutes away.
• Her birthday is only a week away.
• Success felt a long way away.

How to use it: a distance away from something (The hotel is two miles away from the beach.)

Similar words: distant

Opposites: near

Common phrases: miles away, minutes away, far away

To leave and go somewhere else.

• We must away before dawn.
• The travelers awayed to the village.
• Come, let us away to bed.

How to use it: away to somewhere (We must away to the castle before sunset.)

Similar words: leave, depart

Opposites: arrive

Common phrases: away to bed, away at dawn