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lee·way

(lē′wā′)

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

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

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leeway

(ˈliːˌweɪ)

1. room for free movement within limits, as in action or expenditure

2. (Aeronautics) sideways drift of a boat or aircraft

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lee•way

(ˈliˌweɪ)

n.

1. extra time, space, materials, etc., within which to act; margin: to have ten minutes' leeway to act.

2. a degree of freedom of action or thought: The instructions give us plenty of leeway.

3. the drift of a ship leeward from its heading.

4. the amount an aircraft is blown off its normal course by crosswinds.

[1660–70]

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Noun	1.	leeway - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight drift - the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
	2.	leeway - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits allowance, tolerance, margin discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"

leeway

noun room, play, space, margin, scope, latitude, elbowroom Schoolteachers rarely have leeway to teach the way they want.

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leeway

noun

Suitable opportunity to accept or allow something:

elbowroom, latitude, margin, play, room, scope.

Translations

إنْحِرافوَقْت أو مكان إضافيوَقْت ضائِع

rezervasnoszpoždění

afdriftefterslæbekstra tidspillerum

Abdrift Abtrift Rückstand Spielraum

dérive marge

eltérés széliránybapótolnivaló

drif, rekòaî sem hefur veriî vanræktsvigrúm

deriva scarroccio tempo perso

avdrift tid på seg

časová rezervaodchýlka od stanovenej dráhyzaostávanie

sapmasürüklenmeyedek zamanzaman kaybı

余地偏航损失的时间

leeway

[ˈliːweɪ] N (Naut) → deriva f (fig) (= scope) → libertad f de acción
that doesn't give me much leeway (= scope) → eso no me deja mucha libertad de acción; (= time to spare) → eso no me deja mucho margen de tiempo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

leeway

[ˈliːweɪ] n

(= freedom to act) to have some leeway → avoir une certaine liberté d'action

to make up leeway → rattraper son retard

leeway

(Naut) → Abtrift f, → Leeweg m

(fig: = flexibility) → Spielraum m; (in a decision) → Freiheit f; (= time lost) → Zeitverlust m; he has given them too much leeway → er hat ihnen zu viel Freiheit or Spielraum gelassen; to make up the leeway → den Zeitverlust aufholen; there’s a lot of leeway to make up → es gibt viel nachzuarbeiten, ein großer Rückstand muss aufgeholt werden

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leeway

[ˈliːˌweɪ] n (Naut) → deriva (fig) → margine m
they gave him a great deal of leeway → gli hanno lasciato ampia libertà di azione

lee

(liː) noun

the sheltered side, away from the wind. We sat in the lee of the rock.

ˈleeway noun

1. the drifting of a ship etc away from its true course, or the amount of this.

2. lost time. He has a lot of leeway to make up at school after being away ill.

3. extra space, time etc allowed. Book the later flight so as to allow yourself some leeway in case you're delayed.

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Do as you pleased, she always made more leeway than anything else, and turning round and round was the manoeuvre she was best at.

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“Ay, summat like it; it was a good half-hour by my own glass, and then there was the time lost in turning it, and some little allowance for leeway in not being over-smart about it.”

“Why, do you see, Squire, the parson was very solemn, and I just closed my eyes in order to think the better with myself, just the same as you’d put in the dead-lights to make all snug, and when I opened them agin I found the congregation were getting under way for home, so I calculated the ten minutes would cover the leeway after the glass was out.