underway
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/ʌndəˈweɪ/
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/ʌndəˈweɪ/ · /ʌndəɹˈweɪ/ · /ˈʌndə(ɹ)weɪ/
Definition of underway
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adv
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In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
“The next wave, well underway, is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, ...”
“The political world might still be recovering from the 2016 presidential election and focusing now on the midterm fights for Congress, but here in the nation's first primary state the battle for 2020 is already well underway.”
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adv
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In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
“The next wave, well underway, is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, ...”
“The political world might still be recovering from the 2016 presidential election and focusing now on the midterm fights for Congress, but here in the nation's first primary state the battle for 2020 is already well underway.”
noun
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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.”
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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 ...”
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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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- + way. Compare also German unterwegs.
Words you can make from underway
178 playable · top: UNWEARY (13 pts)
Best play unweary 13 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
25 words- YAWED 12 pts
- WANEY 11 pts
- WEARY 11 pts
- AWNED 9 pts
- DAWEN 9 pts
- DEARY 9 pts
- DERAY 9 pts
- DEWAN 9 pts
- DEWAR 9 pts
- DRAWN 9 pts
- NERDY 9 pts
- RANDY 9 pts
- RAYED 9 pts
- READY 9 pts
- UNWED 9 pts
- WADER 9 pts
- WANED 9 pts
- WARED 9 pts
- REWAN 8 pts
- UNARY 8 pts
- YEARN 8 pts
- DENAR 6 pts
- NUDER 6 pts
- REDAN 6 pts
- UNDER 6 pts
4-letter words
63 words- DEWY 11 pts
- WADY 11 pts
- WYND 11 pts
- AWNY 10 pts
- AWRY 10 pts
- WANY 10 pts
- WARY 10 pts
- YAWN 10 pts
- AWED 8 pts
- DAWN 8 pts
- DENY 8 pts
- DRAW 8 pts
- DRAY 8 pts
- DREW 8 pts
- DYER 8 pts
- DYNE 8 pts
- RYND 8 pts
- UNDY 8 pts
- WADE 8 pts
- WAND 8 pts
- WARD 8 pts
- WEND 8 pts
- YARD 8 pts
- YAUD 8 pts
- AERY 7 pts
- ANEW 7 pts
- EYRA 7 pts
- NARY 7 pts
- WANE 7 pts
- WARE 7 pts
- WARN 7 pts
- WAUR 7 pts
- WEAN 7 pts
- WEAR 7 pts
- WREN 7 pts
- YARE 7 pts
- YARN 7 pts
- YEAN 7 pts
- YEAR 7 pts
- YUAN 7 pts
- DARE 5 pts
- DARN 5 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
- DUNE 5 pts
- DURA 5 pts
- DURE 5 pts
- DURN 5 pts
- NARD 5 pts
- NERD 5 pts
- NUDE 5 pts
- NURD 5 pts
- RAND 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- REND 5 pts
- RUDE 5 pts
- RUED 5 pts
- UNDE 5 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
55 words- WAY 9 pts
- WRY 9 pts
- WYE 9 pts
- WYN 9 pts
- YAW 9 pts
- YEW 9 pts
- DAW 7 pts
- DAY 7 pts
- DEW 7 pts
- DEY 7 pts
- DRY 7 pts
- DYE 7 pts
- WAD 7 pts
- WED 7 pts
- WUD 7 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- AWN 6 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- NAW 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- RYU 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAN 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DUE 4 pts
- DUN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- URD 4 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
2-letter words
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