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Meaning ahead meaning

What does ahead mean?
Definitions in simple English

ahead

You use ahead to talk about something that is in front of you or in the future.

ahead

(= in front, before) at or in the front I see the lights of a town ahead the road ahead is foggy staring straight ahead we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front with the cross of Jesus marching on before (= onward, forward, forwards) in a forward direction go ahead the train moved ahead slowly the boat lurched ahead moved onward into the forest they went slowly forward in the mud (= forward) toward the future; forward in time I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring I look forward to seeing you (= in advance, beforehand) ahead of time; in anticipation when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount We like to plan ahead should have made reservations beforehand (= leading) having the leading position or higher score in a contest he is ahead by a pawn the leading team in the pennant race to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future) moved the appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday pushed the deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday to a more advanced or advantageous position a young man sure to get ahead pushing talented students ahead (= out front, in the lead) leading or ahead in a competition the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch ahead by two pawns our candidate is in the lead in the polls way out front in the race the advertising campaign put them out front in sales

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Examples ahead examples

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Simple sentences

What's that big building ahead of us?
It's time to plan ahead.
I was getting ahead of myself.
Tom went ahead with his plan.
We were ahead of everybody else.
I thought that we were ahead of them.
The road up ahead is impassable.
Our team is five points ahead.
Our team is two points ahead.
Go ahead and talk.
We all know that Mendel was way ahead of his time.
The bus left five minutes ahead of time.
Tom sat two rows ahead of me.
Go ahead with your story.
Go ahead.
Go ahead!
No one ran ahead of him.
The Swallows are ahead 4 to 1!
Go straight ahead on this street.
I hope you have a happy future ahead of you.
Go straight ahead until you reach the church.
The school is two kilometers ahead.
Look straight ahead.

Movie subtitles

But why was the East so far ahead?
Dol Soe, you go ahead.
GO AHEAD!
I want to see what's further ahead.
Ten steps ahead of you.
Okay. It's my one job, but go ahead.
All right. Go. Go ahead.
If you don't mind, go ahead.
Go ahead, try. Try some.
But if you want to go do your old guy stuff, then, - you know, go ahead.
Christopher and I are going out for dinner tomorrow, and as I've had the day off beforehand I thought I'd get ahead.
We've got to start thinking ahead.
It means me trying to stay one step ahead, trying to work out how she's going to balance on a potty, how she's ever going to pull her knickers up and down or how she's going to manage the stairs or hold a pen.
Well, I guess I could. - Go ahead!
Dude, just take the compliment. Go ahead, try.
Way ahead of you.
Go ahead!
They got us boxed in! I'm going on ahead.
Joe, why don't you go on ahead?
At those physical speeds, your senses should not be able to keep pace, but you still have perception and control and can even plan ahead.
Full steam ahead!
Hope we land in no trouble up ahead.
Bascom, you tell them pilgrims of yours, there's 500 miles of desert ahead of us and them that don't like what's comin' to them, now's the time for 'em to turn back.
So you scout the train ahead, and I'll pick it up in a week or so.
Flack knows I savvy Injun sign, so he sends me on ahead to scout.
The Way's clear ahead, Zeke. You scout 'em.
We spend all of our time trying to keep one step ahead of all the teachers.
I enjoyed it even though I gave up. Even if you met someone you liked, you couldn't go ahead.
Go ahead.
Well, let's go ahead as if nothing happened.
Then we can go ahead with this thing.
I like you and I'm gonna shove you in ahead of all of them.
Please go ahead.
Shove ahead out there and don't stick to that everlasting trench warfare!
Go ahead, we'll call you when he's knocked down.
He's got a career ahead of him.

News and current affairs

The Chinese economy still roared ahead in the midst of a worldwide recession.
The famines in Ethiopia and the violence in Darfur suggest what can lie ahead.
Looking ahead to the post-Kyoto world offers us the chance to start a new dialogue and to look at new options on climate change.
Only when markets were deregulated and liberalized from the early 1970's onwards did finance once again leap ahead.
But don't count on a stable euro-dollar exchange rate - much less an even stronger euro - in the year ahead.
After the Republican convention, polls showed McCain ahead in early September, but after the financial meltdown, Obama took the lead.
Almost everybody complains, almost everybody aggressively defends their own narrow and short-term interests, and almost everybody abandons any pretense of looking ahead or addressing the needs of others.
As the New Year begins, the US continues to race ahead of its rich-country counterparts.
Looking ahead, the saving rate may rise even further, and will, in any case, remain high for many years.
Real investment (investment adjusted for the declining prices of high-tech and information-related capital goods) continued to roar ahead.
Despite positive developments, the road ahead is bumpy.
Would it be really be so difficult to see VAT coming down ahead of the German election next year?
Within each industry, the best enterprises dash ahead, as should be the case when real restructuring is taking place.
Big challenges lie ahead, but I am confident that with the support of the global community, I can leave to my own children and community a thriving country where every person has the opportunity to prosper.
This is too small a pool of money from which to achieve deficit reduction on the scale that the US will need in the years ahead.
So, two crucial items must claim priority at the top of the world's economic agenda in the months ahead.
Although the EU does not have a strategic partnership with Brazil, it intends to push ahead with one as fast as possible.
The only certainty is that the future will be defined by scientific progress and innovation, which cannot be known ahead of time.
Beyond the short-term challenges ahead, we all have a duty to profoundly change the way we prepare our children to cope with today's new world.
The study showed which tests were able to predict the outcome most accurately decades ahead of onset.
As a result, there are now legitimate questions about the underlying functioning of the US economy and, therefore, its evolution in the months and years ahead.
CAMBRIDGE - Although the strength of the US economy in 2010 remains uncertain, it is important to look ahead to its likely performance in the coming decade.
Mauritius shows the path ahead.
Our sense of entitlement has run far ahead of our ability to pay for it.

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