different between underway vs away

English

Etymology 1

Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- +? way.

Alternative forms

• under way

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nd?(?)?we?/

Adverb

underway (comparative more underway, superlative most underway)

1. In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.

Translations

Etymology 2

under +? way

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd?(?)we?/

Noun

underway (plural underways)

1. A road, track, path, or street for going under another way or obstacle; an underpass.
2. An underground passage, subway, tunnel.
3. A voyage, especially underwater.

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English awe?, onwe? (“away”), originally on we? (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) +? way. Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?w?', IPA^(key): /??we?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Homophone: aweigh
• Hyphenation: a?way

Adverb

away (comparative further away, superlative furthest away)

1. From a place, hence.
2. Aside; off; in another direction.

   I tried to approach him, but he turned away.

3. Aside, so as to discard something.

   throw away, chuck away, toss away

4. At a stated distance in time or space.
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,

     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.
5. In or to something's usual or proper storage place.

   I'll dry the dishes and you put them away.

   Please file away these documents.

6. In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.

   The jewels were locked away in the safe.

   He was shut away in the castle tower for six months.

7. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

   fade away, die away

8. So as to remove or use up something.

9. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.

   Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!

   • 1933+, Fran Striker, The Lone Ranger, WXYZ-AM

     Hi-yo Silver, away!

10. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.

    She's been in her room all day, working away at her computer.

11. Without restraint.

Synonyms

• (away from a place): at bay, off

Translations

Interjection

away

1. (Northern England) come on!; go on!

Adjective

away (comparative further away, superlative furthest away)

1. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.

   The master is away from home.

   Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.

2. At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.

   He's miles away by now.

   Spring is still a month away.

3. (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.

   This is the entrance for away supporters.

   Next, they are playing away in Dallas.

4. (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.

   Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.

Translations

Verb

away (third-person singular simple present aways, present participle awaying, simple past and past participle awayed)

1. (intransitive, poetic) To depart; to go to another place.

   At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

away (comparative more away, superlative most away)

1. Misspelling of aweigh.

References

• away at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Yawa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?way

Verb

away

1. to fight; to contend in physical conflict
2. to quarrel; to squabble
3. to go to war

Noun

away

1. a fight; a physical confrontation
2. a quarrel; a heated argument
3. (sports) a boxing or martial arts match
4. a war

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:away.

Anagrams

• ayaw, yawa

Middle English

Alternative forms

• awey, oway, awei, ewai, awe, awi, owy

Etymology

From Old English onwe?, awe?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?w?i?/
• Rhymes: -?i?

Adverb

away

1. Out, away (from), off.
2. Sideways, to a side.

Descendants

• English: away
• Scots: awa
• Yola: awye

References

• “awei, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Quechua

Verb

away

1. (transitive) To weave.

Conjugation

See also

• sinp'ay

Tagalog

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?a.waj/

Noun

away

1. fight; quarrel; dispute

Derived terms

Waray-Waray

Noun

away

1. fight; quarrel; altercation; trouble