Ahead

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  • adverb. At or to the front or head.
  • adverb. undefined
  • adverb. In advance; before.
  • adverb. In or into the future; for the future.
  • adverb. undefined
  • adverb. In an advanced position or a configuration registering the future.
  • adverb. At or to a different time; earlier or later.
  • adverb. undefined
  • adverb. In a forward direction; onward.
  • adverb. In the prescribed direction or sequence for normal use.
  • adverb. In or into a more advantageous position.
  • idiom. (be ahead) To be winning or in a superior position.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In or to the front; in advance; before: as, they walked ahead of us all the way: in nautical language, opposed to astern: as, to lie ahead.
  • Forward; onward; with unrestrained motion or action: as, go ahead (= go on; proceed; push forward or onward; carry out your task or purpose: an idiomatic phrase said to have originated in the United States, and sometimes converted into an adjective: as, a go-ahead person); he pushed ahead with his plans.
  • To move ahead, as in coming to anchor after the sails are furled.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. In or to the front; in advance; onward.
  • adverb. Headlong; without restraint.
  • adverb. To push on in an enterprise.
  • adverb. To surpass; to get the better of.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. In or to the front; in advance; onward.
  • adverb. Having progressed more.
  • adverb. In the direction one is facing or moving.
  • adverb. in the future, preceding
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. at or in the front
  • adverb. toward the future; forward in time
  • adverb. leading or ahead in a competition
  • adverb. to a more advanced or advantageous position
  • adverb. in a forward direction
  • adjective. having the leading position or higher score in a contest
  • adverb. ahead of time; in anticipation
  • adverb. to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)
  • Word Usage
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    up  
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