underway

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ʌndə(r)ˈweɪ/

• Audio (UK)

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Adverb

Positive underway

Comparative more underway

Superlative most underway

1. If something is underway, it has started and is happening now.

   The boy has been missing since this morning, and a search is currently underway.

2. If a ship, train, bus, etc. is underway, it has started moving to where it is supposed to go.

   Even underway, there was almost no sound inside the ship.