underway
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underway¹
- /ʌndəˈweɪ/ UK
- /ʌndəɹˈweɪ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- + way. Compare also German unterwegs.
adverb more underway · most underway · under way
- In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey. The next wave, well underway, is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, ...
underway²
- /ˈʌndə(ɹ)weɪ/
Where it comes from
From under + way.
noun underways · under way
- A road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle; an underpass. As Minneapolis grew, the city demanded that M&StL construct "underways" beneath city roadways.
- An underground passage, subway, tunnel. There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs and villages and into and around and under big city downtowns ...
- A voyage, especially underwater. I had been the diving officer on three previous submarines, …, and was an experienced officer of the deck with many underways and landings under my belt on all three.
Translations
Every language
adv in motion, in progress; being done or carried out
| Español | en curso, siendo realizado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 進行中で shinkōchū de |
| 中文 | 在進行中的 /在进行中的 zài jìnxíng zhōng de |
| Português | em andamento |
| Français | en cours |
| Deutsch | im Gange, angelaufen, eingeleitet, laufend, unterwegs |
| Italiano | in corso |
| Русский | в проце́ссе v procésse, в движе́нии v dvižénii, ведётся vedjótsja, веду́тся vedútsja |
noun underground passage, tunnel
| Deutsch | Unterführung |
|---|
noun voyage, especially underwater
| Deutsch | Unterwasser-Reise, U-Boot-Fahrt |
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title = {underway},
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