path

A trodden track or way.

A road, way, or track made for a particular purpose.

The route or course along which something travels or moves.

A course of action or conduct.

A sequence of commands or a link between points that is needed to reach a particular goal.

A pathname.

A way beaten or trodden by the feet of men or beasts; a track formed incidentally by passage or traffic between places rather than expressly made to accommodate traffic; a narrow or unimportant road; a footway; hence, in a more general sense, any road, way, or route.

The way, course, or track which an animal or any other thing follows in the air, in water, or in space: as, the path of a fish in the sea or of a bird in the air; the path of a planet or comet; the path of a meteor.

Figuratively, course in life; course of action, conduct, or procedure.