"headway" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-headway.wav [US] Forms: headways [plural]
Etymology: Partly from Middle English hauedwei, from Old English hēafodweġ (“head-road, main-road”), equivalent to head + way; partly as a shortening of ahead-way, the source of the nautical sense. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hauedwei}} Middle English hauedwei, {{inh|en|ang|hēafodweġ||head-road, main-road}} Old English hēafodweġ (“head-road, main-road”), {{compound|en|head|way}} head + way, {{m|en|ahead-way}} ahead-way Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} headway (countable and uncountable, plural headways)
  1. Movement ahead or forward. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-headway-en-noun-obNGF0nc
  2. (nautical) Forward motion, or its rate. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (forward motion, or its rate): напредване (napredvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), прогрес (progres) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Vorwärtsfahrt [feminine] (German), abbrivio [masculine] (Italian), impulso [masculine] (Italian), avvio [masculine] (Italian), abrìv [masculine] (Romagnol), продвиже́ние (prodvižénije) [neuter] (Russian), движе́ние вперёд (dvižénije vperjód) [neuter] (Russian), yol alma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-headway-en-noun-T3ndkfJd Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'forward motion, or its rate': 6 94 0 0 0 0
  3. (countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Transport Translations (time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles): дистанция (distancija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vuoroväli (Finnish), Takt [masculine] (German), Fahrzeugabstand [masculine] (German), intervallo [masculine] (Italian), промежу́ток (promežútok) [masculine] (Russian), интерва́л (intɛrvál) [masculine] (Russian), расстоя́ние (rasstojánije) [neuter] (Russian), дистанция (distancija) [feminine] (Russian), kolbaşları zaman fasılası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-headway-en-noun-baZa7X0A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 18 48 2 7 11 Topics: transport Disambiguation of 'time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles': 2 2 91 1 2 1
  4. (uncountable, figuratively) Progress toward a goal. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Translations (progress toward a goal): прогрес (progres) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Fortschritt [masculine] (German), progresso [masculine] (Italian), avanzamento [masculine] (Italian), evoluzione [feminine] (Italian), продвиже́ние (prodvižénije) [neuter] (Russian), прогре́сс (progréss) [masculine] (Russian), gelişme (Turkish), ilerleme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-headway-en-noun-5CKMrDer Disambiguation of 'progress toward a goal': 1 1 1 96 1 1
  5. (countable) The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom. Tags: countable Translations (clearance beneath an object): просвет (prosvet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), lichte Höhe [feminine] (German), luce [feminine] (Italian), spazio [masculine] (Italian), altezza [feminine] (Italian), просве́т (prosvét) [masculine] (Russian), высота́ (vysotá) (note: of a tunnel) [feminine] (Russian), kemer yüksekliği (Turkish), tavan yüksekliği (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-headway-en-noun-NSMtIzUd Disambiguation of 'clearance beneath an object': 6 0 6 1 86 1
  6. (coal-mining) A cross-heading. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-headway-en-noun-atr5FNn4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: make headway Related terms: seaway

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      "expansion": "headway (countable and uncountable, plural headways)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "seaway"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Movement ahead or forward."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Movement",
          "movement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forward motion, or its rate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "Forward",
          "forward"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) Forward motion, or its rate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Transport"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 719",
          "text": "The whole of the main lines to be electrified were being equipped with four-aspect colour-light signals, automatically operated, where appropriate, and spaced to give a 5min headway throughout.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 October, William Barter, “West Coast capacity study”, in Modern Railways, page 66",
          "text": "Sixty minutes divided by the headway gives a potential figure for 'trains per hour' - the simplest possible and most simplistic definition of capacity, termed line capacity.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transport",
          "transport"
        ],
        [
          "interval",
          "interval"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
        [
          "vehicles",
          "vehicles"
        ],
        [
          "bus",
          "bus"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "route",
          "route"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Progress toward a goal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, figuratively) Progress toward a goal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1941 January, the late John Phillimore, “The Forth Bridge 1890-1940”, in Railway Magazine, page 5",
          "text": "So as not to impede navigation the two principal spans of the bridge were designed to provide a clear headway of 157 ft. above high water for a distance of 500 ft.; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clearance",
          "clearance"
        ],
        [
          "arch",
          "arch"
        ],
        [
          "ceiling",
          "ceiling"
        ],
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ],
        [
          "headroom",
          "headroom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cross-heading."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cross-heading",
          "cross-heading"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "coal-mining",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(coal-mining) A cross-heading."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prosvet",
      "sense": "clearance beneath an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "просвет"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "clearance beneath an object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lichte Höhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "clearance beneath an object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luce"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "clearance beneath an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "clearance beneath an object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "altezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prosvét",
      "sense": "clearance beneath an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "просве́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of a tunnel",
      "roman": "vysotá",
      "sense": "clearance beneath an object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "высота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "clearance beneath an object",
      "word": "kemer yüksekliği"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "clearance beneath an object",
      "word": "tavan yüksekliği"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "napredvane",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "напредване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "progres",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прогрес"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorwärtsfahrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbrivio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impulso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avvio"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abrìv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodvižénije",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "продвиже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvižénije vperjód",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "движе́ние вперёд"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forward motion, or its rate",
      "word": "yol alma"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "distancija",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дистанция"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "word": "vuoroväli"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Takt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fahrzeugabstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intervallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "promežútok",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "промежу́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "intɛrvál",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "интерва́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasstojánije",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "расстоя́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "distancija",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дистанция"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles",
      "word": "kolbaşları zaman fasılası"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "progres",
      "sense": "progress toward a goal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прогрес"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "progress toward a goal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fortschritt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "progress toward a goal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "progresso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "progress toward a goal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avanzamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "progress toward a goal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "evoluzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodvižénije",
      "sense": "progress toward a goal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "продвиже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "progréss",
      "sense": "progress toward a goal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прогре́сс"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "progress toward a goal",
      "word": "gelişme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "progress toward a goal",
      "word": "ilerleme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "headway"
}

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