Definition of underway
: occurring, performed, or used while traveling or in motion
- underway replenishment of fuel
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First Known Use of underway
1743
Examples of underway in a Sentence
The train has had to stop briefly, but it should be under way again soon.
Preparations for their arrival are already under way.
Recent Examples of underway from the Web
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All this, and the tit-for-tat trade battle is only just getting under way.
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The biggest election in Mexican history got under way at 8 a.m. local time, though there were delays at some ballot stations.
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The biggest election in Mexican history gets under way at 8 a.m. local time (9 a.m. ET), and polls close at 6 p.m. Initial results are expected sometime after 8 p.m. Mexicans have many reasons to kick out their governing class.
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Hot temperatures are heading to Chicago, along with periods of showers and thunderstorms primarily as the warmup gets under way.
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The 2018 San Diego International Fringe Festival got under way this past weekend with more than 50 acts presenting a combined 500-plus performances over 11 days.
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Moton has to step up and fight once training camp gets under way.
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Wednesday’s announcement came on the eve of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which gets under way without a team representing the United States, which failed to qualify for the first time since 1986.
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The dueling protests got under way Sunday peacefully at first, then with shoving, a small bonfire on the antifa side of the gatherings and now punches thrown.
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Origin and Etymology of underway
probably from Dutch onderweg, from Middle Dutch onderwegen, literally, under or among the ways
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First Known Use: 1720
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