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headway

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdweɪ/

The English word “headway” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A movement ahead or forward.
  2. Forward motion, or its rate.
  3. The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same predetermined route.
  4. Progress toward a goal.
  5. The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
  6. A crossheading.

Etymology

Partly from Middle English hauedwei, from Old English hēafodweġ (“head-road, main-road”); partly as a shortening of ahead-way, the source of the nautical sense. By surface analysis, head + way.

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