ahead

pronunciation

How to pronounce ahead in British English: UK [əˈhed]word uk audio image

How to pronounce ahead in American English: US [əˈhed] word us audio image

  • Adjective:
    having the leading position or higher score in a contest
  • Adverb:
    at or in the front
    toward the future; forward in time
    in a forward direction
    ahead of time; in anticipation
    to a more advanced or advantageous position
    to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)
    leading or ahead in a competition

Word Origin

ahead (adv.)
1620s, "at the head, in front," from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + head (n.). Originally nautical. To be ahead of (one's) time attested by 1837.

Synonym

Antonym

adv.

behind

Example

1. As germany powers ahead , france is feeling blue .
2. But far more perilous times lie ahead .
3. If I had another life ahead of me .
4. But not everything at sncf is steaming ahead .
5. The hidebound health-care systems of the rich world may resist new technologies even as poor countries leapfrog ahead .

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