Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective In motion or operation.
- adjective Already commenced or initiated; in progress.
- adjective Nautical Neither anchored nor moored to a fixed object.
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- noun a
road ,track ,path , orstreet for going under anotherway orobstacle - noun an
underground passage ,tunnel - noun a
voyage , especiallyunderwater - noun computer science
subroutine - adverb in
motion , inprogress ; being done or carried out
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- adjective currently in progress
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of the major luxury developments underway is Yoo, a project based on designs by French architect Philippe Starck and being developed by Peach Property Group AG, a Zurich-based real-estate company.
Berlin's Real-Estate Transformation William Boston 2010
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* PM Update: Rain underway, much more coming | Dangerous flooding?
Tropical storm Nicole is no more Jason Samenow 2010
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"A number of participants observed that the sluggish pace of growth and continued high levels of slack left the economy exposed to potential negative shocks," although they judged the economic recovery to remain underway and "generally expected growth to pick up gradually next year."
Fed leaders inclined toward new action, wanted more time to decide how Neil 2010
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* PM Update: Rain underway, much more coming | Dangerous flooding?
The calm before the rainstorm Jason Samenow 2010
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The next wave, well underway, is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, like finance, payroll, claims processing, procurement and the like.
Offshore Outsourcing’s Next Wave: How High? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The next wave, well underway, is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, like finance, payroll, claims processing, procurement and the like.
Offshore Outsourcing’s Next Wave: How High? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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One great example of design isomorphic research currently underway is the work of Albert de Roos.
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French open title underway in fine style this afternoon with a straight forward victory over
Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine 2010
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Toronto masters title underway with a second round encounter with
Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine 2010
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Grand champion Asashoryu got his bid for a second consecutive title underway with a disposal of komusbi Goeido on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
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