headway

🇺🇸 /ˈhedweɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈhedweɪ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
noun
R

The progress you make towards achieving something.

After many setbacks, we finally started to make headway with the project.

R

The distance a ship can travel in a straight line before it needs to change direction.

The ship had to adjust its course after making headway against the strong current.

translation

n. The progress you make towards achieving something.; The distance a ship can travel in a straight line before it needs to change direction.

Word Forms

Plural headways