Definition of Headway in English :

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Headway meaning in English

Meaning of Headway in English

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Headway

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Noun

1. clearance, headroom, headway

vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

2. head, headway

forward movement

Example Sentences:
'the ship made little headway against the gale'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Headway

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noun
1. 
motion in a forward direction
the vessel made no headway
2. 
progress or rate of progress
he made no headway with the problem
3.  another name for headroom
4. 
the distance or time between consecutive trains, buses, etc, on the same route

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Headway

see synonyms of headway
noun
1. 
forward motion
2. 
progress or success in work, etc.
3. 
headroom
4.  US
the difference in time or distance between two trains, ships, etc. traveling in the same direction over the same course

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Headway

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n.
1. Forward movement or the rate of forward movement, especially of a ship.
2. Progress toward a goal.
3. The clear vertical space beneath a ceiling or archway; clearance.
4. The distance in time or space that separates two vehicles traveling the same route.

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