headway
pronunciation
How to pronounce headway in British English:
UK [ˈhedweɪ]
How to pronounce headway in American English:
US [ˈhedweɪ]
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- Noun:
- vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
- forward movement
Word Origin
- headway (n.)
- c. 1300, "main road, highway," from Old English heafodweg; see head (adj.) + way (n.). Sense of "motion forward" first attested 1748, short for ahead-way; ultimately nautical (compare leeway).
Synonym
Example
- 1. On monday I felt we were making headway again .
- 2. Eg. we cannot make headway in the countryside unless we perform this task .
- 3. No maker has yet made much headway here .
- 4. We might make more headway if we thought emergently .
- 5. The provisional leaders have also been making headway on other , practical matters .