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Leeway

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The drift of a ship or an aircraft to leeward of the course being steered.

n. A margin of freedom or variation, as of activity, time, or expenditure; latitude. See Synonyms at room.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction.

n. A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility; margin, latitude, elbowroom.

n. An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in make up leeway.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course, or the angle formed between the line of the ship's keel and the line which she actually describes through the water; the deviation from her true course which a vessel makes by drifting to leeward.

n. Hence Loss of progress in general; a falling behind; retrogression: as, to be making leeway financially.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

n. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

Word Usage

"It does help to know that period of leeway is built in; it helps me to let go of that polished draft for the first time."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

divergence disagreement variance discrepancy drift

Cross Reference

to make up leeway

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

drift freedom latitude flexibility

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

freeway seaway

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