ahead
/əˈhɛd/ adverb A2- At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving. · The island was directly ahead.· Just ahead you can see the cliffs.
- So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense; to be superior. · He finished two laps ahead of me.· In all of his classes Jack was ahead.
- In or for the future. · There may be tough times ahead.· You've got to think ahead so as not to be unprepared.
- To a later time. · Set the clock ahead an hour.· Push the deadline ahead a day, from the 20th to the 21st.
- At an earlier time; beforehand; in advance. · He paid his rent ahead.
- To an earlier time. · Push the deadline ahead a day, from the 21st to the 20th.
From the library
“You are mistaken; there I am ahead of you.”
As for the Scarecrow, having no brains, he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks.
He would fear that the police would read his secret, and so he hastened on before they should get ahead of him.
Mortimer and Baskerville were still visible about two hundred yards ahead of us in the direction of Oxford Street.
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