underway en · ADV · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ʌndəɹˈweɪ/ (General-American)
- /ʌndəˈweɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- + way. Compare also German unterwegs.
Meanings
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In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
The next wave, well underway, is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, ...
2008 February 14, Steve Lohr, “Offshore Outsourcing’s Next Wave: How High?”, in NY Times, retrieved 22 Jan 2012: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.
2018 April 7, Andrew Dickinson, “In New Hampshire, the 2020 presidential race is already well underway”, in NBC News, retrieved 20 Sep 2018:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more underway | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most underway | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| under way | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (33)
de im Gange (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · cmn 在進行中的 /在进行中的 (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · es en curso (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · fr en cours (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · de angelaufen (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · ru ведётся (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · da i gang (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · nl onderweg (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · hu folyamatban (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · ru в проце́ссе (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · ru в движе́нии (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · hu halad (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · ja 進行中で (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · it in corso (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · sv på väg (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · fi tulossa (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · ga ar siúl (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · ga ar bun (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · de eingeleitet (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · sv på gång (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · fi tekeillä (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · de unterwegs (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · hu zajlik (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · fi käynnissä (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · fi työn alla (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · pt em andamento (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · de laufend (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · ru веду́тся (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · cy ar y gwëyll (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · pl w toku (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · fi liikkeellä (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · hu folyik (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out) · es siendo realizado (in motion, in progress; being done or carried out)