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under way
*under way
Fig. moving; running; started. (*Typically: be ~; get something ~; have something ~.) The time has come to get this game under way. Now that the president has the meeting under way, I can relax.
under way
1. In motion, as in The ship got under way at noon. [c. 1930]
2. Already started, in progress, as in Plans are under way to expand. [c. 1930]
under way
1. In motion or operation.
2. In ongoing development; in progress.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Elsa | | EL-sə (English), EL-zah (German), EL-sah (Finnish) | English, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian |
| Iulianus | | - | Ancient Roman |
| Aleixandre | | | |
| Katayun | | - | Persian |
| Leocadius | | - | Late Roman |
| HipÓLito | | ee-PO-lee-to (Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |