pave
pronunciation
How to pronounce pave in British English:
UK [peɪv]
How to pronounce pave in American English:
US [peɪv]
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- Noun:
- a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
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- Verb:
- cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic
Word Origin
- pave (v.)
- early 14c., "to cover (a street) with stones or other material," from Old French paver "to pave" (12c.), perhaps a back-formation from Old French pavement or else from Vulgar Latin *pavare, from Latin pavire "to beat, ram, tread down," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (cognates: Latin putare "to prune;" Greek paiein "to strike;" Lithuanian piauju "to cut," piuklas "saw"). Related: Paved; paving. The figurative sense of "make smooth" (as in pave the way) is attested from 1580s.
Example
- 1. * Could samsung 's all-new 10.1-inch 2,560 x 1600 display pave the way for the ipad 3 ?
- 2. You would have thought that this would pave the way for a rise of left-wing populism as seen in the 1930s .
- 3. It promised to bind a unified germany into the eu and pave the way for some sort of political union in europe .
- 4. Create your own circumstances and pave your own path to realizing your true self .
- 5. Co-operation could pave the way for an overhaul of the existing multilateral system to accommodate china and other rising powers .