headway

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   progress toward a goal, especially after effort or difficulty

   Negotiators finally made headway on the most disputed part of the agreement.

2. 2
   noun

   forward movement, especially of a ship against wind or current

   The small boat made little headway against the rising tide.

3. 3
   noun

   the time or distance between vehicles traveling the same route

   The transit agency reduced train headway to five minutes during rush hour.

Common collocations

• make headway Verb + noun

Partly from Middle English and Old English forms meaning a main road, and partly from ahead-way, 'movement ahead.' The nautical sense of forward motion developed first; the familiar figurative sense of making progress followed.

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