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1. (n.) leeway
extra time, space, materials, etc., within which to act; margin:
to have ten minutes' leeway to act.
2. leeway
a degree of freedom of action or thought:
The instructions give us plenty of leeway.
3. leeway
the drift of a ship leeward from its heading.
4. leeway
the amount an aircraft is blown off its normal course by crosswinds.
Etymology: (1660–70)
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| Definition of 'leeway' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) leeway
(of a ship or plane) sideways drift
2. (noun) allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
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| Definition of 'leeway' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) leeway
the lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift
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Sense: the drifting of a ship etc away from its true course, or the amount of this.
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 Afrikaans: afdrywe |
 Arabic: إنْحِراف |
 Bulgarian: дрейф |
 Brazilian: deriva |
 Czech: snos |
 German: die Abdrift |
 Danish: afdrift |
 Greek: παρέκκλιση από την πορεία |
 Spanish: deriva |
 Estonian: triiv |
 Farsi: انحراف کشتی |
 Finnish: sorto |
 French: dérive |
 Hebrew: סְטִייָה מְהַכִּיווּן |
 Hindi: अनुवात गमन |
 Croatian: zanošenje |
 Hungarian: eltérés szélirányba |
 Indonesian: penyimpangan |
 Icelandic: drif, rek (frá réttri ste |
 Italian: deriva |
 Japanese: 風圧 |
 Korean: 풍압(배가 바람 불어가는 쪽으로 밀려감) |
 Lithuanian: dreifas |
 Latvian: (kuģa) dreifs; novirzīšan |
 Malay: hanyutan |
 Dutch: drift |
 Norwegian: avdrift |
 Polish: dryf |
 Persian: انحراف کشتی |
 Pashto: له اصلى كرښه نه اوښتل |
 Portuguese: deriva |
 Romanian: derivă |
 Russian: дрейф |
 Slovak: odchýlka od stanovenej dr |
 Slovenian: odklon od prvotne smeri |
 Serbian: skretanje broda |
 Swedish: avdrift |
 Thai: การลอยตัวของเรือ |
 Turkish: sürüklenme, sapma |
 Taiwanese: 偏航 |
 Ukrainian: судна у підвітряний бік; |
 Urdu: جہاز کا اپنے راستے سے ہوا |
 Vietnamese: mạn khuất gió |
 Chinese: 偏航 |
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