Underway vs Away - What's the difference?
underway | away |
a road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle
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an underground passage, tunnel
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a voyage, especially underwater
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(computer science) subroutine
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in motion, in progress; being done or carried out
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From a place, .
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, title= Aside; off; in another direction.
From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
Come away; go away; take away.
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On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
Without restraint.
Being so engaged for the entire time.
At a distance in time or space.
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, title= Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
(following the noun modified) At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
(chiefly, sports) Not on one's home territory.
(baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
As adverbs the difference between underway and away
is that underway is in motion, in progress; being done or carried out while away is from a place,.As a noun underway
is a road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle.As an interjection away is
(northern england) come on!; go on!.As an adjective away is
not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation or away can be .underway
English
Alternative forms
* under way * under weigh * underweighNoun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=Univ. of Minnesota Press , isbn=9780816645015 , page=152 , passage=As Minneapolis grew, the city demanded that M&StL construct "underways " beneath city roadways. }}
citation, genre= , publisher=American Editions , isbn=9783000143571 , page=46 , passage=There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs and villages and into and around and under big city downtowns ... }}
citation, genre= , publisher=Univ. of Alabama Press , isbn=9780817316020 , page=179 , passage=I had been the diving officer on three previous submarines, … , and was an experienced officer of the deck with many underways and landings under my belt on all three.}}
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-01-22 , passage=The next wave, well underway , is shipping back-office business tasks overseas, ... }}
away
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Adverb
(further)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
- Hi-yo Silver, away !
- While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away , were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away .}}
Synonyms
* (away from a place) at bay, offAdjective
(further)- The master is away from home.
- Would you pick up my mail while I'm away .
- He's miles away by now.
- Spring is still a month away .
- Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
- Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.