Meaning & use
via
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By way of a particular place, route, or method.
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We flew to Tokyo via Los Angeles.
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A note on using this word
Via can describe either a physical route ('via the highway') or a method or means ('via email'), and comes directly from the Latin word for 'road' or 'way.'
Words with a similar meaning
throughby way of
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