underway

The definition of underway is something that has already begun, or that is going on now.

(adjective)

When a play has already started, this is an example of a time when the play is underway.

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See underway in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. moving; advancing; making progress
  2. Naut. not at anchor or moored or aground

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