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Adjective
under way (in some circumstances underway)

1. idiom In operation, in progress, commenced.
2. nautical a vessel is said to be underway when she is not anchored, moored, aground, or beached<ref name="FM5501">US FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999</ref>. Compare with make way.

Translations
trans-top|in operation or in process
Finnish: toiminnassa, käynnissä, tekeillä, työn alla
Swedish: på väg
trans-bottom

trans-top|moving through water
Finnish: kulussa
trans-bottom

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