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head⋅way

1  [hed-wey]
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–noun
1. forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
2. progress in general: headway in a career.
3. rate of progress: a slight headway against concerted opposition.
4. the time interval or distance between two vehicles, as automobiles, ships, or railroad or subway cars, traveling in the same direction over the same route.
—Idiom
5. make headway, to proceed forward; advance; progress.
Origin:
1700–10; (a)head + way

head⋅way

2  [hed-wey]
–noun
headroom (def. 2).
Origin:
1700–10; head + way

head⋅room

  [hed-room, -room]
–noun
1. Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
2. Also called headway. clear vertical space, as between the head and sill of a doorway or between the ceiling and floor of an attic room at a certain point, esp. such height as to allow passage or comfortable occupancy.
3. Audio. dynamic headroom.
Origin:
1850–55; head + room
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head·way   (hěd'wā')   
n.  

  1. Forward movement or the rate of forward movement, especially of a ship.

  2. Progress toward a goal.

  3. The clear vertical space beneath a ceiling or archway; clearance.

  4. The distance in time or space that separates two vehicles traveling the same route.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

headway 
c.1300, short for ahead-way; ultimately nautical (cf. leeway). Generalized sense of "motion forward" first attested 1748.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

headway

see make headway.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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