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- DictionaryHead·way/ˈhedˌwā/
noun
- 1. forward movement of a ship or boat, especially when this is slow or difficult: "the ship was making very little headway against heavy seas"
- 2. the average interval of time between vehicles moving in the same direction on the same route: "a six-minute headway"
1. a. : motion or rate of motion in a forward direction. b. : advance, progress. 2. : headroom (as under an arch) sufficient to allow passage. 3. : the time interval between two vehicles traveling in the same direction on the same route.
to make progress or get closer to achieving something: I'm trying to learn to drive, but I'm not making much headway ( with it). Little headway has been made so far in the negotiations. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making progress and advancing. adaptive evolution. advance the cause. advanced. advancement. age. boom. evolved.
Headway definition: forward movement; progress in a forward direction. See examples of HEADWAY used in a sentence.
to make progress or get closer to achieving something: I'm trying to learn to drive, but I'm not making much headway ( with it). Little headway has been made so far in the negotiations. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making progress and advancing.
Headway is what you achieve when you move forward or make progress. When you're rowing a boat on a very windy day, it can be hard to make any headway.
motion in a forward direction. the vessel made no headway. 2. progress or rate of progress. he made no headway with the problem. 3. another name for headroom. 4. the distance or time between consecutive trains, buses, etc, on the same route. Collins English Dictionary.
n. 1. (Nautical Terms) motion in a forward direction: the vessel made no headway. 2. progress or rate of progress: he made no headway with the problem. 3. another name for headroom. 4. (Railways) the distance or time between consecutive trains, buses, etc, on the same route.
Jul 14, 2024 · headway (countable and uncountable, plural headways) Movement ahead or forward. Forward motion, or its rate. (countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.
Headway definition: Forward movement or the rate of forward movement, especially of a ship.
to make progress in what you are doing: The builders aren't making much headway with our new house. (Definition of headway from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
