underway

CEFRB2

/ʌndəˈweɪ/

adjective · adverb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having started and continuing to happen.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle; an underpass.

Examples

  • A national campaign for energy saving is underway.

  • Let's get the party underway.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
3

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. An underground passage, subway, tunnel.

adverb

Extra meaning

  1. In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A voyage, especially underwater.

More examples

In context

  • The project is underway.

  • The next wave, well underway, is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, ...

  • The political world might still be recovering from the 2016 presidential election and focusing now on the midterm fights for Congress, but here in the nation's first primary state the battle for 2020 is already well underway.

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The new construction project is already blank and will finish next month.

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Origin

adjective

Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- + way. Compare also German unterwegs.