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单词 headways
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headway

noun

head·​way ˈhed-ˌwā How to pronounce headway (audio)
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

Synonyms

  • advance
  • advancement
  • furtherance
  • going
  • march
  • onrush
  • passage
  • process
  • procession
  • progress
  • progression
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Example Sentences

the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size
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Word History

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

headway

noun

head·​way ˈhed-ˌwā How to pronounce headway (audio)
1
: movement in a forward direction (as of a ship)
2
: progress entry 1 sense 2 Have you made any headway on your project?

headways

noun

plural of headway
as in advances
forward movement in time or place the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • advances
  • processes
  • advancements
  • progressions
  • processions
  • progresses
  • goings
  • marches
  • flows
  • passages
  • strides
  • leaps
  • currents
  • furtherances
  • approaches
  • comings
  • arrivals
  • steps
  • streams
  • onrushes
  • drifts
  • ways
  • fluxes
  • bounds
  • advents
  • momentums
  • jumps
  • momenta
  • impetuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • retrogressions
  • regressions
  • recessions
  • regresses
  • retreats
  • recesses
  • reversals
  • ebbs
  • backwashes
  • turnarounds
  • refluxes
  • returns
  • retractions
  • reverses
  • turnabouts
  • about-faces
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