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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈweɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-underway.wav Forms: more underway [comparative], most underway [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- + way. Compare also German unterwegs. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|nl|onderweg||underway}} Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), {{prefix|en|under|way}} under- + way, {{cog|de|unterwegs}} German unterwegs Head templates: {{en-adv}} underway (comparative more underway, superlative most underway)
  1. In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey. Synonyms: under way Translations (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out): 在進行中的 (Chinese Mandarin), 在进行中的 (zài jìnxíng zhōng de) (Chinese Mandarin), i gang (Danish), onderweg (Dutch), käynnissä (Finnish), liikkeellä (Finnish), tekeillä (Finnish), työn alla (Finnish), tulossa (Finnish), en cours (French), im Gange (German), angelaufen (German), eingeleitet (German), laufend (German), unterwegs (German), folyamatban (Hungarian), folyik [verb] (Hungarian), zajlik (Hungarian), halad (Hungarian), ar bun (Irish), ar siúl (Irish), in corso (Italian), 進行中で (shinkōchū de) (alt: しんこうちゅうで) (Japanese), w toku (Polish), em andamento (Portuguese), в проце́ссе (v procésse) (alt: разрабо́тки, реализа́ции) (Russian), в движе́нии (v dvižénii) (Russian), ведётся (vedjótsja) (alt: passive form of "вестись") [singular] (Russian), веду́тся (vedútsja) (alt: passive form of "вестись") [plural] (Russian), en curso (Spanish), en marcha (Spanish), en progreso (Spanish), på väg (Swedish), på gång (Swedish), ar y gwëyll (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-underway-en-adv-Wt5wGNU6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with under-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 45 8 2 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 43 45 9 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 44 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 44 8 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 47 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 42 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 43 43 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 37 18 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)weɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-underway2.wav Forms: underways [plural]
Etymology: From under + way. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|under|way}} under + way Head templates: {{en-noun}} underway (plural underways)
  1. A road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle; an underpass. Translations (road, track, path, or street for going under an obstacle): alikulku (Finnish)
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  2. An underground passage, subway, tunnel. Translations (underground passage, tunnel): alikulku (Finnish), Unterführung [feminine] (German), alagút (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-underway-en-noun-a54MciC3 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 37 18 9 Disambiguation of 'underground passage, tunnel': 7 83 10
  3. A voyage, especially underwater. Translations (voyage, especially underwater): matka (Finnish), Unterwasser-Reise [feminine] (German), U-Boot-Fahrt [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-underway-en-noun-MjV~pGSY Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 42 7 10 Disambiguation of 'voyage, especially underwater': 4 6 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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          "ref": "2008 February 14, Steve Lohr, “Offshore Outsourcing’s Next Wave: How High?”, in NY Times, retrieved 2012-01-22:",
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          "ref": "2018 April 7, Andrew Dickinson, “In New Hampshire, the 2020 presidential race is already well underway”, in NBC News, retrieved 2018-09-20:",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "在進行中的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zài jìnxíng zhōng de",
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      "word": "在进行中的"
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      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "i gang"
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      "word": "käynnissä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "liikkeellä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "tekeillä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "työn alla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "tulossa"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "en cours"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "im Gange"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "angelaufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "eingeleitet"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "laufend"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "unterwegs"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "folyamatban"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
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      "word": "folyik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "zajlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "halad"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "ar bun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "ar siúl"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "in corso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんこうちゅうで",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shinkōchū de",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "進行中で"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "w toku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "em andamento"
    },
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      "alt": "разрабо́тки, реализа́ции",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v procésse",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "в проце́ссе"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "в движе́нии"
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      "alt": "passive form of \"вестись\"",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "en curso"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "en marcha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "en progreso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "på väg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "på gång"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "ar y gwëyll"
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}

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          "ref": "2005, Donovan L. Hofsommer, “Adrift”, in Minneapolis and the Age of Railways, Univ. of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 152:",
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Alfred Scott McLaren, William R. Anderson, “To Severnaya Zemlya and the Beginning of the Shelf Survey”, in Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651), Univ. of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 179:",
          "text": "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.",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "road, track, path, or street for going under an obstacle",
      "word": "alikulku"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "underground passage, tunnel",
      "word": "alikulku"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "underground passage, tunnel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Unterführung"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "underground passage, tunnel",
      "word": "alagút"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "voyage, especially underwater",
      "word": "matka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "voyage, especially underwater",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "de",
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}

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