ALL meanings of ahead
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A a - adverb ahead Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you. 3
- adverb ahead You use ahead with verbs such as 'push', 'move', and 'forge' to indicate that a plan, scheme, or organization is making fast progress. 3
- adverb ahead If you are ahead in your work or achievements, you have made more progress than you expected to and are performing well. 3
- adverb ahead If a person or a team is ahead in a competition, they are winning. 3
- adverb ahead Ahead also means in the future. 3
- adverb ahead If you prepare or plan something ahead, you do it some time before a future event so that everything is ready for that event to take place. 3
- adverb ahead If you go ahead, or if you go on ahead, you go in front of someone who is going to the same place so that you arrive there some time before they do. 3
- adjective ahead in front; in advance 3
- adverb ahead at or in the front; in advance; before 3
- adverb ahead onwards; forwards 3
- adverb ahead in or to the front 3
- adverb ahead forward; onward 3
- adverb ahead toward the future; in advance 3
- adverb ahead winning or leading 3
- adverb ahead having something as a profit or advantage 3
- adverb ahead in or to the front; in advance of; before: Walk ahead of us. 1
- adverb ahead in a forward direction; onward; forward: The line of cars moved ahead slowly. 1
- adverb ahead into or for the future: Plan ahead. 1
- adverb ahead so as to register a later time: to set the clock ahead. 1
- adverb ahead at or to a different time, either earlier or later: to push a deadline ahead one day from Tuesday to Monday; to push a deadline ahead one day from Tuesday to Wednesday. 1
- adverb ahead onward toward success; to a more advantageous position; upward in station: There's a young man who is sure to get ahead. 1
- idioms ahead ahead of, in front of; before: He ran ahead of me. superior to; beyond: materially ahead of other countries. in advance of; at an earlier time than: We got there ahead of the other guests. 1
- idioms ahead be ahead, to be winning: Our team is ahead by two runs. to be in a position of advantage; be benefiting: His score in mathematics is poor, but he's ahead in foreign languages. 1
- adverb ahead in front 1
- adverb ahead in a race: in front 1
- preposition ahead prior to, earlier than 1
- adjective ahead currently winning 1
- adverb ahead in the future 1
- noun ahead Further forward in space; in the line of one's forward motion. 1
- adverb ahead In or to the front; in advance; onward. 0
- adverb ahead In the direction one is facing or moving. 0
- adverb ahead In or for the future. 0
- adverb ahead At an earlier time. 0
- adverb ahead Having progressed more. 0