ahead of en · ADP
Meanings
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In front of.
A hill loomed ahead of them.
The island bore but little a-head of us.
1754, Henry Fielding, The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon:
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Preceding.
He's giving a series of concerts in London ahead of his international tour.
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In the future of.
Peter has a lot of work ahead of him.
You have a long trip ahead of you.
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In advance of.
I arrived at the suite half an hour ahead of Jack.
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Having made more progress than.
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.
2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:He is far ahead of his class in math.
Deriveds
ahead of time · ahead of one's time · ahead of the game · ahead of the curve
Translations (10)
fi ennen (in advance of) · fi ennen (preceding) · fi edellä (in advance of) · nb foran (in the future of) · nb fremfor (in advance of) · nb i forkant av (preceding) · nb foran (preceding) · fi edessä (in the future of) · fi edessä (in front of — see also in front of) · nb foran (in advance of)