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leeway
" Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts."
Edward Hoagland

Meaning of "leeway" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LEEWAY

ˈliːˌweɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEEWAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leeway is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEEWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Leeway

Leeway is the amount of drift motion to leeward of an object floating in the water caused by the component of the wind vector that is perpendicular to the object’s forward motion. The National Search and Rescue Supplement to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual defines leeway as "the movement of a search object through water caused by winds blowing against exposed surfaces". However, the resultant total motion of an object is made up of the leeway drift and the movement of the upper layer of the ocean caused by the surface currents, tidal currents and ocean currents. Objects with a greater exposure to each element will experience more leeway drift and overall movement through the water than ones with less exposure. A navigator or pilot on a vessel must adjust the ordered course to compensate for the leeway drift and more important set and drift, an all encompassing term for drift that includes the steering error of the vessel. Failure to make these adjustments during a voyage will yield poor navigational results. Bowditch's American Practical Navigator offers a comprehensive free guide to navigation principles.

Definition of leeway in the English dictionary

The definition of leeway in the dictionary is room for free movement within limits, as in action or expenditure. Other definition of leeway is sideways drift of a boat or aircraft.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEEWAY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEEWAY

leek · leep · leer · leerier · leerily · leeriness · leering · leeringly · leerist · leery · lees · leet · leetspeak · Leeuwarden · Leeuwenhoek · leeward · Leeward Islands · leewardly · leewards · left

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEEWAY

aerial cableway · bikeway · breezeway · bridleway · cableway · carriageway · causeway · cycleway · dual carriageway · entranceway · Giant´s Causeway · guideway · lifeway · passageway · raceway · ridgeway · ropeway · slideway · someway · wireway

Synonyms and antonyms of leeway in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEEWAY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «leeway» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «leeway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEEWAY

Find out the translation of leeway to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of leeway from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leeway» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

自由空间
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

libertad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

leeway
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

छूट
380 millions of speakers
ar

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الفسحة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

дрейф
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

liberdade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অতি সামান্য বিচ্যুতি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

latitude
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Leeway
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Spielraum
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

余裕
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

자유 재량
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Leeway
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự trôi nổi
80 millions of speakers
ta

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இயன்றது
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अवकाश
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

zaman kaybı
70 millions of speakers
it

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libertà d´azione
65 millions of speakers
pl

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swoboda
50 millions of speakers
uk

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дрейф
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

marjă de manevră
30 millions of speakers
el

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περιθώριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ruimte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spelrum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

handlingsrom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leeway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEEWAY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leeway

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9 QUOTES WITH «LEEWAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word leeway.
1
Alan Bennett
Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense of wonder and excitement.
2
Edward Felten
Network operators need reasonable leeway to manage their networks.
3
Ronald Frame
I think, when you are writing non-fiction, you feel there's an obligation to get it absolutely right, so all your factual details have to be, have, you know, to go through a long list of them and tick them. I'm not saying that's not important in fiction, but I think you have a bit more leeway; you can suit yourself.
4
Harold H. Greene
Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
5
Edward Hoagland
Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.
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Zoe Kazan
I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.
7
Joel Kinnaman
We all can relate to people's weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves a little bit of leeway.
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Tamora Pierce
If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
9
Fred Upton
Giving governors more leeway in administering health care could represent a small, positive development in the ongoing saga of Obamacare. Unfortunately, instead of choosing flexibility, President Obama and his left-leaning advisers always default to rigid 'Washington knows best' answers.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEEWAY»

Discover the use of leeway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leeway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mystic Leeway
Who is Frances Gregg?
Frances Gregg, 1995
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Velma still cooks in Leeway: a novel
Velma Brendle, "the town's chief cook and part-time janitor for Jerusalem Baptist Church, ... finds herself dealing with nearly all of the town's problems." Includes several recipes.
Vinita Hampton Wright, 2000
3
Leeway Cottage
Combining the story of one long American twentieth-century marriage with one of the most stirring stories of World War II, Leeway Cottage is a beautifully written tour de force of a novel.
Beth Gutcheon, 2009
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The Leeway of Lotteries in the European Union. An pilotstudy ...
Sytze Kingma. CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Lotteries in the European gambling context 1.1 Introduction The objective of this report is to assess recent developments on European gambling markets in view of the future options for lottery ...
Sytze Kingma, 2006
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A guide book to the Local marine board examination. The ...
LofS Correct the following Courses for Leeway : — LEEWAY. '1 (a) When the ship is hove-to, tale the middle point between that to which she con1es up and that to which she falls off for the compass course, and correct this for leeway.
Thomas Liddell Ainsley, 1869
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A Self-instructor in Navigation and Nautical Astronomy,: For ...
Note, — The amount of leeway a ship makes, depends concurrently on the forco of the wind, the state of the sea, the sail carried, the build and trim of the ship, and her draught of water ; some ships, also, make much more leeway than others ...
William Henry Rosser, 1863
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A Guide Book to the Local Marine Board Examination. The ...
LEEWAY. The angle included between the direction of the fore-and-aft line or keel of a ship, and that in which she moves through the water, as indicated by her wake,' is called the leeway. When the ship is not going before the wind, she will ...
Thomas Liddell Ainsley, 1869
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or Dictionary of Arts, ...
IllustraIf an accurate model be made of a ship, and if it be placed Seamangrees leeway in smooth water and fine weather; and yet in this situation the hull and rigging present a very great surface to the wind, in the most improper positions, ...
‎1860
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, Dictionary of Arts, ...
And if we compute the resistances for this leeway of six degrees by the actual experiments of the French Academy on the angle, we shall find the result not far from the truth,-—that is, the direct and lateral resistances will be nearly in the ...
Thomas Stewart Traill, 1860
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, ...
grees leeway in smooth water and fine weather ; and yet in this situation the hull and rigging present a very great surface to the wind, in the most improper positions, so as to have a very great effect in increasing her leeway. And if we compute ...
‎1860

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEEWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leeway is used in the context of the following news items.
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Plugging budget with settlement cash raises questions
The terms of those settlement agreements, with Bank of America, and Citigroup respectively, don't have the same leeway-giving language. «The News Journal, Jul 15»
2
Stephen Vogt endorses Billy Burns in Rookie of the Year race | The …
“He's the type of player you want to give some leeway to, because he brings a lot of excitement and a different dynamic than – certainly with ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
3
Political analyst weighs in on special session - MyFoxAL.com …
On the other hand, the Governor Robert Bentley will not be running again. And Powell believes that gives him more leeway. "Governor Bentley ... «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Jul 15»
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AUD/USD: Absorbs bids through 0.7350, fresh trend lows
Even if that's the case, from a daily time-frame, bears enjoy now more than 2 cents of leeway before the bearish structure may be questioned. «FXStreet, Jul 15»
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US Negotiator: 'Virtually Impossible' for Iran to Hide Nuclear Activity …
Moniz made the rounds on the Sunday morning political talk shows. Critics have suggested the nuclear agreement gives Iran too much leeway ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»
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Court: Airlines get leeway when someone references a bomb
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan gave workers plenty of leeway as it rejected a $50 million lawsuit brought by Rosalinda ... «Casper Star-Tribune Online, Jul 15»
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Court: Airlines get leeway when someone references a bomb …
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan gave workers plenty of leeway as it rejected a $50 million lawsuit brought by Rosalinda ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
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Disabled motorists given parking leeway
Disabled people are being given extra time to navigate car parks in Douglas after a controversial move to scrap free parking. Douglas Borough ... «Energy FM, Jul 15»
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Transgenders to get leeway in CUHK physical education classes
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will put in place a special arrangement for physical education classes to take care of the needs ... «EJ Insight, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Counties should have more leeway to increase tax revenue
The bad news is your property taxes are going up a little. If your home is valued at $200,000, the tax hike will be about $52 next year. The good ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jul 15»
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