"underway" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈweɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-underway.wav [Southern-England] 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- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 44 9 2 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 41 43 12 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)weɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-underway2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: underways [plural]
Etymology: 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)
    Sense id: en-underway-en-noun-g8KS0y1q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 44 9 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 37 50 10 3 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 41 43 12 5 Disambiguation of 'road, track, path, or street for going under an obstacle': 93 3 3
  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): English heteronyms Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 41 43 12 5 Disambiguation of 'underground passage, tunnel': 5 85 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 Disambiguation of 'voyage, especially underwater': 3 6 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "Southern-England"
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "under way"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "在進行中的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zài jìnxíng zhōng de",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "在进行中的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "i gang"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "onderweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "käynnissä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "liikkeellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "tekeillä"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "en cours"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "im Gange"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "angelaufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "eingeleitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "laufend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "unterwegs"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "folyik"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinkōchū de",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "進行中で"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "alt": "разрабо́тки, реализа́ции",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v procésse",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "в проце́ссе"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v dvižénii",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "в движе́нии"
    },
    {
      "alt": "passive form of \"вестись\"",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vedjótsja",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ведётся"
    },
    {
      "alt": "passive form of \"вестись\"",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vedútsja",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "веду́тся"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in motion, in progress; being done or carried out",
      "word": "en curso"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "underway"
}

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    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Alan Goldfein, “A Wonderful Drive”, in Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to \"Old Europe\", American Editions, page 46",
          "text": "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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    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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, 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌndə(ɹ)weɪ/"
    },
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "road, track, path, or street for going under an obstacle",
      "word": "alikulku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "underground passage, tunnel",
      "word": "alikulku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "underground passage, tunnel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterführung"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterwasser-Reise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "voyage, especially underwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "U-Boot-Fahrt"
    }
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