away

• in another place; far, at a great distance
not on the home field, played on another team's field (sports)
if you move away from a place, you move so that you are no longer there.
if you look or turn away from something, you move your head so that you are no longer looking at it.
away from a person or place means at a distance from that person or place.
if you put something away, you put it in a safe place.
if someone is away, they are not in the place where people expect them to be.
you also use away to talk about future events. for example, if an event is a week away, it will happen in a week.
if you give something away or if someone takes it away from you, you no longer have it.
when a sports team plays an away game, it plays on its opponents' ground.
you can use away to say that something slowly disappears, or changes so that it is no longer the same.
away is also used to emphasize that an action is continuous or repeated.
right away: see right.