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- [meyk hed-wey]
- /meɪk ˈhɛdˌweɪ/
- /meɪk ˈhed.weɪ/
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- [meyk hed-wey]
- /meɪk ˈhɛdˌweɪ/
Definitions of make headway words
- noun make headway forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm. 1
- noun make headway progress in general: headway in a career. 1
- noun make headway rate of progress: a slight headway against concerted opposition. 1
- noun make headway the time interval or distance between two vehicles, as automobiles, ships, or railroad or subway cars, traveling in the same direction over the same route. 1
- idioms make headway make headway, to proceed forward; advance; progress. 1
- verbal expression make headway make progress 1
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Origin of make headway
First appearance:
before 1700 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1700-10; (a)head + way1
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Parts of speech for Make headway
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
make headway popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
make headway usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for make headway
verb make headway
- propel — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
- storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.
- progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
Antonyms for make headway
verb make headway
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
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