underway
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˌʌndərˈweɪ/
:
en marcha
- The project is finally underway after months of planning.
- currently underway
- already underway
- efforts are underway
And that's when production got underway with the film.
- And that's when production got underway with the film.
- Let me just get underway and we'll get going.
- And we have now got this underway as well as vaccinating kids.
- And those are both things that are actively underway using the CRISPR technology.
- Like that's the sea change that is underway will not and cannot be undone.
- And ambitious plans are underway for next year.
- This as his actual trial is back underway.
- And there was a lot of harsh protest underway.
- But now further action is required, and it is underway.
- So they get it fired up and get the alert underway.
- So that's the primary scam that is that is underway and it's it skips the legal immigration line.
Examples
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The Conference Championship game is underway.
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Yeah, it's just over two minutes until this race gets underway again.
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So, so this is underway right now.
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Let me just get underway and we'll get going.
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And we are underway here in the third quarter.
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By the time the service was actually underway, the church was less than a quarter full.
Fiction book (1995) -
And ambitious plans are underway for next year.
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Significant changes are underway in how people live, work, and interact.
Academic text (2008) -
After dealing with many early challenges, the MATH Study was fully underway in 2008.
Academic text (2011) -
The problem is so serious that a movement is currently underway to change the college entrance examination system.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
664
1.0
Operating now and not stopped
401
3.5
Still happening and not finished
41
3.4
A project that is not finished yet
29
7.2
Happening now or being planned for the near future
24
3.2
Working now and serving its purpose
6
3.0
Already started and continuing now
Operating and able to continue as a business
Antonyms
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Underway comes from the old sailing phrase under way, used when a ship was 'moving' and not stopped. So, underway now means something is 'in progress' or already started.