Headway
noun
The progress or advancement toward a goal.
Despite many obstacles, the team was making good headway on the project.
Often appears as...
- make headway
- gain headway
noun
The distance or time between vehicles moving in the same direction.
The bus service operates with a headway of fifteen minutes during rush hour.
Often appears as...
- bus headway
- train headway
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The progress or advancement toward a goal.
Despite many obstacles, the team was making good headway on the project.
Often appears as...
- make headway
- gain headway
noun
The distance or time between vehicles moving in the same direction.
The bus service operates with a headway of fifteen minutes during rush hour.
Often appears as...
- bus headway
- train headway
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Goal-oriented
Use 'headway' when referring to progress specifically related to achieving a goal.
She made headway on her thesis this month.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Path
Imagine headway as moving forward on a path towards a destination when discussing progress.
We're making headway in our negotiation efforts.
Pro Tip 3/3Challenging Contexts
Use 'headway' to indicate progress despite difficulties or challenges.
They're making headway, even with limited resources.
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Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
have been making some headway on this particular problem. And I'd like to give you a quick example of Parpola's work. Here's a really short text. It contains seven vertical strokes followed by this fish-like sign. And I want to mention that these seals were used for stamping clay tags that were attached to bundles of goods,
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Keith Chen: Could your...
And that is, why is it that countries with seemingly similar economies and institutions can display radically different savings behavior? Now, many brilliant economists have spent their entire lives working on this question, and as a field we've made a tremendous amount of headway and we understand a lot about this.
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Fashion that celebrates...
It's unforgivable that we live in a society where it's normal or expected for teenagers to grow up hating themselves. We've been fighting for fat acceptance and women's body autonomy since the '60s. And there has been headway. We have plus-size models like Ashley Graham and musicians with body-positive messages,
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Why is our universe...
Well it surely is a technical detail, but some details really matter. Some details provide windows into uncharted realms of reality, and this peculiar number may be doing just that, as the only approach that's so far made headway to explain it invokes the possibility of other universes --
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How We Can Make the...
We have countries that are underperforming on social progress, relative to their wealth. Russia has lots of natural resource wealth, but lots of social problems. China has boomed economically, but hasn't made much headway on human rights or environmental issues.
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Is our universe the only...
and this peculiar number may be doing just that as the only approach that so far made headway to explain it invokes the possibility of other universes an idea that naturally emerges from string theory which takes me to part two string theory
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"MacGyver"-like Prison...
out not think too much about it if possible by trying to stay focused on my plan I was finally making headway but this gave me a new problem my tool was too short to dig deeper I have to find a way
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You shouldn't have to...
Our health care system is complex. It is daunting. It feels impossible to make headway. But we can completely reimagine medicine access. By using surplus medications as a beachhead to force change
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What happens when our...
We would then have a future that would be shaped by the preferences of this A.I. Now a good question is, what are those preferences? Here it gets trickier. To make any headway with this,
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Weird Ocean Predators...
only three millimeters long and although they can swim they're still very vulnerable it will be many weeks before they can swim strongly enough to make any real headway in the ocean
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Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
have been making some headway on this particular problem. And I'd like to give you a quick example of Parpola's work. Here's a really short text. It contains seven vertical strokes followed by this fish-like sign. And I want to mention that these seals were used for stamping clay tags that were attached to bundles of goods,
Video examples
Keith Chen: Could your...
And that is, why is it that countries with seemingly similar economies and institutions can display radically different savings behavior? Now, many brilliant economists have spent their entire lives working on this question, and as a field we've made a tremendous amount of headway and we understand a lot about this.
Video examples
Fashion that celebrates...
It's unforgivable that we live in a society where it's normal or expected for teenagers to grow up hating themselves. We've been fighting for fat acceptance and women's body autonomy since the '60s. And there has been headway. We have plus-size models like Ashley Graham and musicians with body-positive messages,
Video examples
Why is our universe...
Well it surely is a technical detail, but some details really matter. Some details provide windows into uncharted realms of reality, and this peculiar number may be doing just that, as the only approach that's so far made headway to explain it invokes the possibility of other universes --
Video examples
How We Can Make the...
We have countries that are underperforming on social progress, relative to their wealth. Russia has lots of natural resource wealth, but lots of social problems. China has boomed economically, but hasn't made much headway on human rights or environmental issues.
Video examples
Is our universe the only...
and this peculiar number may be doing just that as the only approach that so far made headway to explain it invokes the possibility of other universes an idea that naturally emerges from string theory which takes me to part two string theory
Video examples
"MacGyver"-like Prison...
out not think too much about it if possible by trying to stay focused on my plan I was finally making headway but this gave me a new problem my tool was too short to dig deeper I have to find a way
Video examples
You shouldn't have to...
Our health care system is complex. It is daunting. It feels impossible to make headway. But we can completely reimagine medicine access. By using surplus medications as a beachhead to force change
Video examples
What happens when our...
We would then have a future that would be shaped by the preferences of this A.I. Now a good question is, what are those preferences? Here it gets trickier. To make any headway with this,
Video examples
Weird Ocean Predators...
only three millimeters long and although they can swim they're still very vulnerable it will be many weeks before they can swim strongly enough to make any real headway in the ocean
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Quote examples
Dylan Walsh
American Actor
We've made so much headway with storytelling - mostly on cable, let's be honest - but also on the networks and, you know, I think it's about time that the leads are women. I'm not a woman, so I'm a bit biased - I wouldn't mind if a few roles were left over for men.
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Petter Stordalen
Norwegian Businessman
It's super important that people use their significant buying power to pull companies like Ferrari and show them there is a market for sustainable fuel. So many other car companies would take notice if Ferrari made headway on this measure.
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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Filipino Statesman
In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult to make any headway without being somehow tainted. And let me say, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
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James Laughlin
American Poet
Then, of course, there are those sad occasions when a poet or a writer has not grown, and one has to let them go because they're just not making headway. But we have a very clear personal relationship with the authors.
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Kyle Hill
American Author
For peer review, replication, and objectivity to make any headway on the continuum, for science to find the right answers to anything, there have to be wrong - or at least unlikely - answers.
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Soledad O'Brien
American Journalist
The thing I love about political interviews is, if you're really prepared, you can make great headway because these are the people for whom, theoretically at least, the buck stops.
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Nick Woodman
American Businessman
To get GoPro started, I moved back in with my parents and went to work seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I wrote off my personal life to make headway on it.
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
I really need so much time to really make headway on a novel that requires me to disappear from the world in a way.
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Michael Scheuer
American Public Servant
Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not.
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B. C. Forbes
Scottish Journalist
To make headway, improve your head.
Quote examples
Dylan Walsh
American Actor
We've made so much headway with storytelling - mostly on cable, let's be honest - but also on the networks and, you know, I think it's about time that the leads are women. I'm not a woman, so I'm a bit biased - I wouldn't mind if a few roles were left over for men.
Quote examples
Petter Stordalen
Norwegian Businessman
It's super important that people use their significant buying power to pull companies like Ferrari and show them there is a market for sustainable fuel. So many other car companies would take notice if Ferrari made headway on this measure.
Quote examples
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Filipino Statesman
In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult to make any headway without being somehow tainted. And let me say, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Quote examples
James Laughlin
American Poet
Then, of course, there are those sad occasions when a poet or a writer has not grown, and one has to let them go because they're just not making headway. But we have a very clear personal relationship with the authors.
Quote examples
Kyle Hill
American Author
For peer review, replication, and objectivity to make any headway on the continuum, for science to find the right answers to anything, there have to be wrong - or at least unlikely - answers.
Quote examples
Soledad O'Brien
American Journalist
The thing I love about political interviews is, if you're really prepared, you can make great headway because these are the people for whom, theoretically at least, the buck stops.
Quote examples
Nick Woodman
American Businessman
To get GoPro started, I moved back in with my parents and went to work seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I wrote off my personal life to make headway on it.
Quote examples
Laura van den Berg
American Writer
I really need so much time to really make headway on a novel that requires me to disappear from the world in a way.
Quote examples
Michael Scheuer
American Public Servant
Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not.
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B. C. Forbes
Scottish Journalist
To make headway, improve your head.
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