Headway is an English word with synonyms like headroom or clearance. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Headway meaning
- A movement ahead or forward.
- Forward motion, or its rate.
- The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.
Using Headway
- The main meaning on this page is: A movement ahead or forward. | Forward motion, or its rate. | The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.
- Useful related words include: headroom, clearance, room, way.
- In the example corpus, headway often appears in combinations such as: headway in, make headway, making headway.
Context around Headway
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Headway
- In this selection, "headway" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, characteristics, smaller, good, distance, distances and towards stand out and add context to how "headway" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include to make headway in the and and making headway it plans. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "headway" sits close to words such as affectionately, amends and animosity, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with headway
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And in some places, young people had begun to make headway. (11 words)
Ian Moore crosses the line at Headway's Easter fun run. (11 words)
This way, we can begin to make major headway — then turn it into policy. (14 words)
Vince got a small axe from the car and started to flail away at the tree, not making much headway, despite the fact that he was a huge man with big upper body and arms. (35 words)
Those incisions set things up for Cummins to deliver a brutal, gladiatorial spell under the late evening Sydney floodlight, like a sharpshooter making early headway for the arrival of an armoured division. (32 words)
But they have been able to make good headway towards their goal in recent months, helped by securing £65,000 from the Community Ownership Fund programme earlier this year. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Operational characteristics Headway distance Spacing of vehicles on the guideway influences the maximum passenger capacity of a track, so designers prefer smaller headway distances.
And in some places, young people had begun to make headway.
British Columbia has made headway in offering different compensation models, and Alberta is in the process of figuring it out, Marchuk added.
But they have been able to make good headway towards their goal in recent months, helped by securing £65,000 from the Community Ownership Fund programme earlier this year.
But United failed to make headway with Tottenham, who were clear in their desire not to sell to a Premier League rival.
Even though the majority of Trump's supporters are White, worryingly for the Democrats, he has made headway among Latinos.
Ian Moore crosses the line at Headway's Easter fun run.
It has made headway in the busy administrations market where it now boasts a 14% market share.
Kandil said that some aspects of traditional gender roles will need to shift to allow women to make headway in the high-tech field.
Ms. Diachuk, 23, works for Headway, an education technology start-up that moved staff members this past fall from its office in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.
One recent survey from my own company Headway indicates that about feel they lack productivity and are seeking to improve upon this aspect of their performance.
On Sunday, April 2, 130 runners, some donning full rabbit costumes, took part in Headway Birmingham and Solihull’s annual Easter fun run.
Russian forces on Tuesday made no headway in attempts to advance on Avdiivka, the second focal point of Russian attacks in Donetsk region, Kyiv’s military general staff said.
Store manager Karen Archer said: “In recent months, we’ve seen increased footfall in Headway’s charity shops potentially due to the cost-of-living crisis.
The change in approach Tuesday is perhaps illustrative of the mounting urgency within his campaign to make headway in the state.
The company has recently expanded to 100+ experience stores across the country and making headway, it plans to open a total of 300 stores in the next 24 months.
This thaw spreads to Caleb, who is – finally – successfully making some headway with the family.
This way, we can begin to make major headway — then turn it into policy.
Those incisions set things up for Cummins to deliver a brutal, gladiatorial spell under the late evening Sydney floodlight, like a sharpshooter making early headway for the arrival of an armoured division.
Vince got a small axe from the car and started to flail away at the tree, not making much headway, despite the fact that he was a huge man with big upper body and arms.
Common combinations with headway
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- headway in 36×
- make headway 26×
- making headway 19×
- made headway 13×
- little headway 13×
- headway with 11×
- headway on 11×
- headway against 10×
- any headway 10×
- much headway 8×