ahead

English

Etymology

a- +‎ head

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /əˈhɛd/

• Audio (US)

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  Rhymes: -ɛd

Adverb

ahead (not comparable)

1. In or to the front; in advance; onward.

   The island bore but a little ahead of us. --Fielding.

2. Having progressed more.

   He is far ahead of his class in math.

3. In the direction one is facing or moving.

   Just ahead you can see the cliffs.

4. in the future, preceding
   • 2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, The Guardian:

     The Reggie Clemons case has been a cause of legal dispute for the past two decades. Prosecutors alleged that he and his co-defendants brutally cut short the lives of Julie and Robin Kerry, sisters who had just started college and had their whole adult lives ahead of them.

Derived terms

• ahead of one's time
• get ahead of oneself

Translations

in or to the front

• Bulgarian: отпред (bg) (otpred), напред (bg) (napred)
• Catalan: en front de (ca), al davant de (ca)
• Dutch: voor ons (nl), vooruit (nl), voorop (nl)
• Finnish: edellä (fi), edessä (fi)
• French: tout droit (fr)
• Italian: avanti (it)
• Japanese: 先に (ja) (さきに, saki ni)

• Navajo: alą́ąjį'
• Romanian: înainte (ro), în fața (ro)
• Russian: вперёд (ru) (vperjód) (where to), впереди (ru) (vperedí) (where to)
• Spanish: enfrente de
• ǃXóõ: ǂhàã
• Zazaki: raver

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