"leeway" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: [ˈliːˌweɪ] Audio: en-us-leeway.ogg Forms: leeways [plural]
Rhymes: -iːweɪ Etymology: From lee (“side away from the wind”) + way. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lee|way|t1=side away from the wind}} lee (“side away from the wind”) + way Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} leeway (countable and uncountable, plural leeways)
  1. The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction): afdrift [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), afdrijving [feminine] (Dutch), sorto (Finnish), dérive (French), Abdrift [feminine] (German), טְרִידַת רוּחַ (tridat ruakh) [feminine] (Hebrew), scarroccio [masculine] (Italian), deriva [feminine] (Italian), 風圧量 (fūatsuryō) (alt: ふうあつりょう) [aviation, aeronautics, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Japanese), 偏流量 (henryūryō) (english: marine) (alt: へんりゅうりょう) (Japanese), deriva [feminine] (Portuguese), дрейф (drejf) [masculine] (Russian), zanošenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), deriva [feminine] (Spanish), avdrift (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-leeway-en-noun-UfJyNdS~ Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 46 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 40 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 45 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 44 42 Disambiguation of 'drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction': 95 1 4
  2. A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: freedom, flexibility, latitude, margin, wiggle room, elbowroom Translations (degree or amount of freedom or flexibility): 余地 (yúdì) (Chinese Mandarin), speelruimte [feminine] (Dutch), speling [feminine] (Dutch), pelivara (Finnish), liikkumavara (Finnish), latitude [feminine] (French), marge [feminine] (French), Spielraum [masculine] (German), Freiraum [masculine] (German), kelonggaran (Indonesian), keleluasaan (Indonesian), saoirse [feminine] (Irish), solúbthacht [feminine] (Irish), margine di azione (Italian), 余地 (yochi) (alt: よち) (Japanese), 余裕 (yoyū) (alt: よゆう) (Japanese), slingringsmonn [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), margem (Portuguese), относи́тельная свобо́да де́йствий (otnosítelʹnaja svobóda déjstvij) [feminine] (Russian), manevarski prostor [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sloboda kretanja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), voľnosť [feminine] (Slovak), tolerancia [feminine] (Slovak), rezerva [feminine] (Slovak), libertad [feminine] (Spanish), espacio [masculine] (Spanish), margen [masculine] (Spanish), tolerancia [feminine] (Spanish), flexibilidad [feminine] (Spanish), latitud [feminine] (Spanish), manga ancha [feminine] (Spanish), utrymme [neuter] (Swedish), spelrum [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-leeway-en-noun-RE-VCOLb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 54 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 73 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 66 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 76 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 58 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 51 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 62 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 63 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 15 52 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 47 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 46 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 67 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 64 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 40 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 45 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 44 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 67 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 15 47 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 15 47 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 69 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 52 36 Disambiguation of 'degree or amount of freedom or flexibility': 1 97 2
  3. (British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway. Tags: British, countable, uncountable Translations (adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process): Versäumte [neuter] (German), Rückstand [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-leeway-en-noun-3TpDxDH6 Categories (other): British English, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 46 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 40 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 45 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 44 42 Disambiguation of 'adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process': 6 4 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lee, leeward

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “\"Condor\"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 49:",
          "text": "It was 1.6 [a.m.] when we got the road, and now we had 13 lost minutes to regain. But the \"Condor\" schedule has so much leeway that, with the diesel power, the loss was easily recouped.",
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          "text": "2005, James Gosling et al., The Java Language Specification, Third Edition, Prentice Hall PTR, →ISBN, section 15.4 “FP-strict Expressions”,\nWithin an expression that is not FP-strict, some leeway is granted for an implementation to use an extended exponent range to represent intermediate results; […]"
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          "ref": "2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 61:",
          "text": "\"There's an hourly service to Nunthorpe and by the time you add in the Whitby trains as well there is hardly any leeway on the single line between Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe so it would involve quite significant infrastructure on the existing railway.\"",
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          "word": "latitude"
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          "sense": "degree or amount of freedom or flexibility",
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          "word": "rezerva"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "degree or amount of freedom or flexibility",
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          "word": "libertad"
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          "word": "espacio"
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "scarroccio"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "deriva"
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      "alt": "ふうあつりょう",
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
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        "business",
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
      "word": "偏流量"
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
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      "word": "deriva"
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
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      ],
      "word": "deriva"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction",
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      "word": "余地"
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      "word": "solúbthacht"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "degree or amount of freedom or flexibility",
      "word": "margine di azione"
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      "word": "slingringsmonn"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "degree or amount of freedom or flexibility",
      "word": "margem"
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      "word": "относи́тельная свобо́да де́йствий"
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      "word": "voľnosť"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "degree or amount of freedom or flexibility",
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      "word": "tolerancia"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "degree or amount of freedom or flexibility",
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      "word": "rezerva"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "libertad"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "espacio"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "degree or amount of freedom or flexibility",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "degree or amount of freedom or flexibility",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "latitud"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "degree or amount of freedom or flexibility",
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      "word": "manga ancha"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "spelrum"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process",
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      "word": "Versäumte"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process",
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}

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