Headway

Definitions: Headway

Headway

Noun

1. Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something.

2. Forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale".

Date "headway" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Mining	The second set of excavations in post-and-stall work.See also:crossheading. (references)
Post & Telecom	The interval in distance from head to head of successive vehicles. ( Highway Capacity Manual, 65, p. 16 ). Source: European Union. (references)
Transportation	The time interval between the passing of the front ends of two consecutive vehicles or trains moving along the same lane or track in the same direction. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Headway

Synonyms: clearance (n), head (n), headroom (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Navigation	Voyage, sail, cruise, passage, circumnavigation, periplus; headway, sternway, leeway; fairway.
Sequence	Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway.
	Noun: progress, progression, progressiveness; advancing; Verb: advance, advancement; ongoing; flood, tide, headway; march; rise; improvement.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Headway

English words defined with "headway": head ♦ make headway ♦ To make head ♦ Winning headway. (references)

Specialty definitions using "headway": going bord, going headway. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Do not gainsay what I say that we may make headway. I foray this way that I may be home ere midday. (Moonlighting; writing credit: Eric Blakeney)
Movie/TV Titles	'Vizcaya' Under Full Headway (1898)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Headway Corporate Resources, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Headway Technologies, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	American Headway 1 (Student Book) (reference) HEADWAY CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	However, she could not make much headway in this manner, and was getting along very slowly.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		NIA-supported investigators in a number of laboratories made significant progress in these areas, including headway on a possible anti-amyloid vaccine. (references)
Business		The following graphs show a ranking of the top ten Harmonized System categories in which U.S. suppliers are showing some headway and the U.S. imports market share. (references)
		They currently plan to open 100 outlets and have already invested $60 million in remodelling 12 more. Last year C & A, Zara, and Falabella made tremendous headway in establishing themselves. (references)
		The leading share of the premium beer market is held by Premium Crown Lager from Carlton & United Breweries with about 33 percent, while Lion Nathan's Hahn Premium and J. Boag & Son's James Boag Premium Lager reportedly are also making strong headway. (references)
Economic History	Eritrea	Meanwhile, other dissident movements were making headway throughout Ethiopia. (references)
	Uae	Other varieties including fuji, golden delicious and gala have made some headway. (references)
	Qatar	While some slight progress has been made in implementing the GCC economic agreement, there has been no real headway on any of the others. (references)
Political Economy	Israel	The talks made some headway in 1994-5 but were suspended in early 1996, following major terrorist attacks in Israel and Prime Minister Peres' call for early elections. (references)
	ALGERIA	Streamlining these and, making them more transparent, is a stated objective of the Algerian government and much headway was made in 2001. In particular, Sonatrach (the state-owned oil and gas firm) used to take over two years to award exploration contracts. (references)
	Israel and the occupied territories	The Government made little headway in reducing institutional, legal, and societal discrimination against Israel's Arab citizens, who constitute approximately 20 percent of the population but do not share fully the rights provided to, and obligations imposed on, the country's Jewish citizens. (references)
Trade	Jamaica	Although considerable headway has been made in the area of trade liberalization, there are still several items that require an import license. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Headway" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.29% of the time. "Headway" is used about 191 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.29%	182	22,870
Noun (proper)	2.62%	5	157,705
Noun (common)	2.09%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	191	N/A

Expressions using "headway": gain headway ♦ headway or sternway ♦ make headway ♦ make no headway ♦ to fetch headway ♦ winning headway. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "headway"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		hapësirë (area, clearance, elbow room, expanse, expansion, extent, ocean, play, precinct, range, space, span, Weald, wideness), progres (advance, advancement, progress), përparim (advance, advancement, furtherance, progress, prosperity), lartësi (altitude, altitudes, elevation, eminence, height, highness, Hill, inches, level, loftiness, pitch, rise, stature, superiority, swell, swelling), lëvizje përpara (advance), interval kohe (distance, lag, slot, span). (various references)

Arabic		‏حركة إلى الأمام, ‏تقدم (advance, advanced, advancement, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, evolution, forge ahead, forward, gain ground, gain one's destination, get along, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, precede, priority, proceed, procession, progress, progression, promotion, propulsion, pull ahead, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, step, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to). (various references)

Bulgarian		напредък (advance, advancement, ascent, betterment, gain, improvement, lift, progress), напредване (lift, progress, progression, way), движение напред (precession, progress, progression). (various references)

Chinese		进展 (Progress). (various references)

Czech		postup vpřed. (various references)

Danish		togafstand (interval between two trains, separation), interval mellem to tog (interval between two trains), forbikørselsfrekvens for tog. (various references)

Dutch		tussenafstand, treinopvolging (interval between two trains), onderlinge afstand (spacing). (various references)

Farsi		پیشرفت (Accession, Advance, Beat, Development, Growth, Improvement, Lift, Progress, Progression, Promotion, Rise), پیشروی (Advance, March, Onrush, Progress), سرعت (Haste, Pace, Promptitude, Rapidity, Rate, Speed, Speedy, Tilt, Velocity), بلندی طاق , بجلو (Onward). (various references)

Finnish		matkaväli (spacing), ajoneuvoetäisyys (spacing), aikaväli (slot, time slot, window). (various references)

French		intervalle entre deux trains consécutifs, fréquence de passage des véhicules, fréquence de passage des trains, fréquence de passage des convois, espacement entre véhicules, erre en AVANT, avancement (heading). (various references)

German		Zugpause (interval between two trains), Zugfolge (interval between two trains), Zugabstand (interval between two trains), Kopfabstand (spacing), Fortschritt (advance, advancement, improvement, progress, stride), Fahrzeugfolgezeit, Fahrzeugabstand (separation, spacing). (various references)

Greek		πρόοδοσ (advance, improvement, proficiency, progress), πορεία πλοίου, χρονική διάρκεια επακολουθίας οχημάτων, χωρικός διαχωρισμός (spacing), απόσταση μεταξύ δύο διαδοχικών αμαξοστοιχιών (interval between two trains), διάστημα διαδοχής δύο αμαξοστοιχιών (interval between two trains). (various references)

Hebrew		�"תק�"מות (advance, advancement, ongoing, progress, progression). (various references)

Hungarian		haladás (advance, advancement, course, forwardness, getting on, going, going on, head, progress, progression, progressive), térköz (clearance, interstice, interval, space), elõremenetel. (various references)

Indonesian		kemajuan (advancement, betterment, progress). (various references)

Italian		progresso (advance, advancement, growth, improvement, progress, rise, stride), intervallo tra due treni consecutivi (interval between two trains), intertempo di passaggio tra i veicoli, distanza fra i veicoli (spacing), distanza di marcia (spacing), abbrivio (way). (various references)

Manx		yrjid (eminence, height, highness), gleashagh er oaie. (various references)

Pig Latin		eadwayhay

Portuguese		progresso (advance, advancement, course, forwardness, improvement, increase, process, progress, promotional), marcha (gait, going, hike, March, marching, pace, process, rate, run, running, trudge, walk, walking), intervalo entre dois comboios consecutivos (interval between two trains), frequência (attendance, commonness, constancy, frequency, repair), espaçamento (separation, spacing), elevação (ascension, banking, cant of the track, elevation, eminence, exaltation, greatness, heatspot, heave, height, highness, ledge, lift, lifting, loftiness, raise, rise, rising, sublimation, superelevation of the outer rail, superelevation of the track, up, upheaval, uplift, uprise), distância (at intervals of, breadth, detachment, distance, drive, jump, length, offset, range, remove, scope, separation, way), chefe dos garçons, avanço (access, advance, advancement, antecedent, drive, feed, feed motion, feed movement, feeding, improvement, lead, leading, move number, ongoings, onrush, progress, rate of advance, road advance, rush, start, step number), altura interior de ponte. (various references)

Romanian		vitezã (career, celerity, fastness, gear, muzzle velocity, pace, promptness, rapidity, rate, speed, velocity), vad (crossing, Ford, shallow, way), spor (abundance, addition, advancement, benefit, gain, germ, growth, increase, increment, progress, spore, use), progres (advance, advancement, career, development, furtherance, growth, March, progress, rise), interval (aisle, distance, gap, interregnum, Interspace, interval, lapse, pause, space, space bar, while), înaintare (advance, advancement, forwardness, furtherance). (various references)

Russian		бремсберг (incline, run, slope), прогресс (advancement, go ahead, progress, progression), продвижение вперед (advance), движение вперед (onward movement, propulsion). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		napredovanje (advancement, gain, stride). (various references)

Spanish		separación entre vehículos (spacing), progreso (advance, advancement, amelioration, breakthrough, development, improvement, lieu, progress, tide), intervalo entre dos trenes consecutivos (interval between two trains), intervalo (delay interval, delay number, delay period, delay time, distance, dwell, gap, interlude, intermission, interval, interval between vines, lapse, logarithmic frequency interval, lull, range, separation, sequence, slot, span, split, wait), evolución (change, development, evolution, maneuver, manoeuvre, progress, psychological detachment, transition). (various references)

Swedish		framsteg (advance, advances, progress, stride). (various references)

Turkish		yolculuk (journey, passage, peregrination, travel, trip, voyage), yol alma, tavan yüksekliği (stud), sefer (campaign, expedition, journey, navigation, ploy, run, voyage), kemer yüksekliği, ilerleme (advance, advancement, expansion, forwardness, gain, improvement, progress, progression, rising, upswing, uptrend), gelişme (advance, advancement, amelioration, budding, development, expansion, flourish, formative, growing, growth, improvement, inflorescence, pickup, progress, strides), ana galeri. (various references)

Ukranian		просування вперед, прогрес (advance, advancement, progress, progression). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự tiến bộ (advancement, progress, progression). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 27, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	SunarpasqentoV de tou ploiou kai mh dunamenou antofqalmein tw anemw epidonteV eferomeqa
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cumque arrepta esset navis et non posset conari in ventum data nave flatibus ferebamur
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And whanne the schip was rauyschid, and myyte not enforse ayens the wynde, whanne the schip was youun to the blowynges of the wynde, we weren borun with cours into an ile,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And when the ship was caught and coulde not resist the wynde we let her goo and drave with the wether.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 27, Verse 15
Albanian	Duke qenë se anija po ikte pa qenë në gjendje t'i qëndronte erës, e lamë në mëshirë të fatit dhe kështu filluam të shkojmë sa andej-këtej.
Bulgarian	и когато я издигнаха, употребяваха всякакви средства, и препасваха кораба изотдолу; и боейки се да не бъдат тласнати върху Сиртис, свалиха платната и се носеха така.
Cebuano	Ug sa diha nga ang sakayan hing-abtan na niini ug dili na makasongsong sa hangin, kami nagpaayon na lang niini ug gipadpad kami.
Chinese	船被風 �" 住、敵不住風、我們就任風颳去。
Croatian	Zahvati laðu te mu nije mogla odoljeti pa se prepustismo da nas nosi.
Danish	Og da Skibet reves med og ikke kunde holde op imod Vinden, opgave vi det og lode os drive.
Dutch	En als het schip daarmede weggerukt werd, en niet kon tegen den wind opzeilen, gaven wij het op, en dreven heen.
Finnish	Kun laiva ryöstäytyi sen mukaan eikä voinut nousta tuuleen, jätimme sen valtoihinsa ja jouduimme tuuliajolle.
French	Le navire fut entraîné, sans pouvoir lutter contre le vent, et nous nous laissâmes aller � la dérive.
German	Und da das Schiff ergriffen ward und konnte sich nicht wider den Wind richten, gaben wir's dahin und schwebten also.
Haitian Creole	Li pran trennen batiman an. pa t' gen mwayen kenbe tèt ak li. Nou te blije kite l' pote n' ale.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	dan memukul kapal kami. Oleh sebab tidak mungkin kapal berlayar terus melawan angin, maka kami menyerah saja dan membiarkan kapal terhanyut dibawa angin.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tatkala kapal itu dibawa angin dan tiada dapat melawannya, maka kami biarkan sahaja lalu berhanyut.
Italian	La nave fu travolta nel turbine e, non potendo più resistere al vento, abbandonati in sua balìa, andavamo alla deriva.
Korean	배 가 밀 � � �" 람 을 맞 �" 어 갈 수 없 어 가 �" 대 로 두 � �" 겨 가 다 가
Latvian	Kuìis tika aizrauts, un tas nespçja pretoties vçjam. Nododot kuìi vçtras varâ, mçs tikâm aiznesti.
Maori	A ka kahakina te kaipuke, te ngongo ki te hau, na ka tukua e matou ki tana, a ka paea.
Modern Greek	Και επειδη το πλοιον συνηρπασθη και δεν ηδυνατο να αντεχη προς τον ανεμον, αφεθεντες εφερομεθα.
Norwegian	da skibet blev grepet av den og ikke kunde holde sig op mot vinden, gav vi det op og lot oss drive.
Portuguese	e, sendo arrebatado o navio e não podendo navegar contra o vento, cedemos � sua força e nos deixávamos levar.
Rumanian	Corabia a fost luatq de el, fqrq sq poatq lupta kmpotriva vkntului, wi ne-am lqsat duwi kn voia lui.
Russian	лПТБ�'МШ УИЧБФЙМП ФБЛ, ЮФП ПО ОЕ НПЗ � ТПФЙЧЙФШУС ЧЕФТХ, Й НЩ ОПУЙМЙУШ, ПФ�"БЧЫЙУШ ЧПМОБН.
Shuar	Nase kanun tukumpra asamtai iisha atsantratin penké tujinkiamiaji. Túmakui, aankisha juramkitiai tusar iniaisamiaji.
Spanish	Como la nave era arrebatada y no podía poner proa al viento, nos abandonamos a él y éramos llevados a la deriva.
Swahili	Upepo uliipiga ile meli, na kwa kuwa hatukuweza kuukabili, tukaiacha ikokotwe na huo upepo.
Swedish	Då skeppet av denna rycktes med och icke kunde hållas upp mot vinden, gåvo vi efter och läto det driva.
Thai	ครั้นเรือกำปั่นถูกพายุและต้านลมไม่ไหว เราจึงปล่อยไปตามลม
Ukrainian	А коли корабель був підхоплений, і не міг противитись вітрові, то йому віддались ми й понеслися.
Uma	Apa' uma-pi-hawo nadadahi kapal mponyanyo ngolu', toe pai' ra'uli' topobago hi kapal, pelele' wae-mi kapal nawui ngolu'.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "headway": headways. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Headway" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cedewain, Hanway, Harway, Headwey, Hendawi, hideway, hindawi, Hiraiwa, Holdway, Hradcany, Huatay. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "headway" (pronounced he"dwā')
3	-d w ā'	midway, roadway, speedway.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-w-y"
	-2 letters: aahed, ahead, hawed, hayed, heady, yawed.
	-3 letters: away, awed, ayah, dewy, hade, haed, head, wade, wady, whey, yeah.
	-4 letters: aah, aha, awa, awe, aye, dah, daw, day, dew, dey, dye, edh, had, hae, haw, hay, hew, hey, wad, wae, way, wed, wha, why, wye, yah, yaw, yea, yeh, yew.
	-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, ah, aw, ay, de, ed, eh, ha, he, we, ya, ye.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-h-w-y"
	+1 letter: headways, hideaway.
	+2 letters: hideaways.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Country	Name
USA	Headway Corporate Resources, Inc.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
headway	64
headway staffing	32
headway corporate staffing	13
headway technology	7
headway services staffing	6
corp headway	4
corporation headway	4
headway intermidiate new	3
headway new	3
headway corporate resource	2
headway resource technology	2
headway corporate staffing services	2
english headway	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Headway

Definitions: Headway

Headway

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Headway

Synonyms: Headway

Synonyms within Context: Headway

Navigation

Sequence

Crosswords: Headway

Modern Usage: Headway

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Commercial Usage: Headway

References

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Use in Literature: Headway

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Headway

Usage Frequency: Headway

Usage in Company Names: Headway

Headway Corporate Resources, Inc.

Expressions: Headway

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Headway

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headway technology

headway services staffing

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corporation headway

headway intermidiate new

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headway resource technology

headway corporate staffing services

english headway

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Bible Trace: Headway

Matched Bible Translations: Headway

Derivations & Misspellings: Headway

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Rhyming with "Headway"

Anagrams: Headway

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Alternative Orthography: Headway

48 65 61 64 77 61 79

.... . .- -.. .--. .- -.--.

01001000 01100101 01100001 01100100 01110111 01100001 01111001

&#72 &#101 &#97 &#100 &#119 &#97 &#121

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