Meaning

In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey..

Definitions by Sense

1. In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
2. A road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle; an underpass.
3. An underground passage, subway, tunnel.
4. A voyage, especially underwater.

Example Sentences

The next wave, well underway, is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, ...

The political world might still be recovering from the 2016 presidential election and focusing now on the midterm fights for Congress, but here in the nation's first primary state the battle for 2020 is already well underway.

As Minneapolis grew, the city demanded that M&StL construct "underways" beneath city roadways.

There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs and villages and into and around and under big city downtowns ...

I had been the diving officer on three previous submarines, …, and was an experienced officer of the deck with many underways and landings under my belt on all three.

Word Forms

• more underway
• most underway
• under way
• underways

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When Should You Use Under way?

Use under way when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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