underwayadjective [ after verb ]
also under way uk/ˌʌn.dəˈweɪ/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈweɪ/C2 If something is underway, it is happening now:
Economic recovery is already underway.
get underway
C2 to begin:
The film festival gets underway on 11 July .
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Occurring and happening
- afoot
- assail
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at work idiom
- become
- come
- come up
- concur
- event
- go ahead
- go down
- go hand in hand with sth idiom
- go together
- go with sth
- hand
- happen
- intervene
- materialize
- turn up
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