underway
/ʌndəɹˈweɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.87 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
noun
An underground passage, subway, tunnel.
noun
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "As Minneapolis grew, the city demanded that M&StL construct "underways" beneath city roadways."
- "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 ..."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʌndəɹˈweɪ/
- British English: /ʌndəˈweɪ/