Question 1 · Quick check
headway
CEFRC1
/ˈhɛdweɪ/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Progress made toward achieving something.
- 02
noun
Extra detailForward motion, or its rate.
Examples
It took a while to make headway in modern medicine.
We've already made some headway.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe 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.
A movement ahead or forward.
The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
More examples
In contextSixty 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.
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.
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.; [...].
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Origin
noun
Partly from Middle English hauedwei, from Old English hēafodweġ (“head-road, main-road”); partly as a shortening of ahead-way, the source of the nautical sense. By surface analysis, head + way.