It took a while to make headway in modern medicine.
Source: tatoeba (460360)
Headway
//ˈhɛdweɪ//
Synonyms for "headway" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
38 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- дистанция noun (time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles)
- напредване noun (forward motion, or its rate)
- прогрес noun (forward motion, or its rate)
- прогрес noun (progress toward a goal)
Finnish
1 entries- vuoroväli noun (time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles)
German
4 entries- Fahrzeugabstand noun (time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles)
- Fortschritt noun (progress toward a goal)
- Takt noun (time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles)
- Vorwärtsfahrt noun (forward motion, or its rate)
Italian
4 entries- abbrivio noun (forward motion, or its rate)
- altezza noun (clearance beneath an object)
- avanzamento noun (progress toward a goal)
- avvio noun (forward motion, or its rate)
Romagnol
1 entries- abrìv noun (forward motion, or its rate)
Russian
4 entries- высота́ noun (clearance beneath an object)
- движе́ние вперёд noun (forward motion, or its rate)
- дистанция noun (time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles)
- интерва́л noun (time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles)
Turkish
4 entries- gelişme noun (progress toward a goal)
- ilerleme noun (progress toward a goal)
- kemer yüksekliği noun (clearance beneath an object)
- kolbaşları zaman fasılası noun (time or distance interval between the fronts of two vehicles)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
We've already made some headway.
Source: tatoeba (3310182)
We haven't made much headway.
Source: tatoeba (3313046)
He has made far more headway in the polls and campaign fundraising than most observers initially assumed he would.
Source: tatoeba (8252075)
Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.
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