path
[path, pahth]
noun, plural paths [path‘z, pahth'z, paths, pahths]
noun
1. a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
2. a narrow walk or way: a path through a garden; a bicycle path.
3. a route, course, or track along which something moves: the path of a hurricane.
4. a course of action, conduct, or procedure: the path of righteousness.
5. Mathematics . a continuous curve that connects two or more points.
6. Computers . the sequence of steps that a computer follows in carrying out a routine, as in storing and retrieving a file at a specific location.
Idiom
7. cross one’s path, to encounter or meet unexpectedly: Tragedy crossed our path again.