under way
Use Under way in a sentenceunder way
adjective, adverb
1.
Also, underway. (of a ship) no longer in port, at anchor, etc.; moving.
2.
no longer at rest, stationary, etc.; in motion; traveling: We'll put our bags in the car and be under way.
3.
proceeding; in progress: Plans are under way to sell the company.
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| under way | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | in progress; in operation: the show was under way |
| 2. | nautical in motion |
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00:10
Under way
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
under way
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In motion, as in The ship got under way at noon. [c. 1930]
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Already started, in progress, as in Plans are under way to expand. [c. 1930]
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Example sentences
Reading researchers, of course, aren't the only ones with high-tech ash-plume observations under way.
Negotiations with unions and employers are under way.
They got the project under way in a fine flurry of flag-waving and transcendental pop-science rants.
Indeed, a similar sort of process is already under way within the higher-education community.
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