ahead (English) - Vocabulary & GRE App

ahead

EN • English

//əˈhɛd//

Definitions & Usage

adverb

At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.

Example: “The island was directly ahead.”

Example: “Just ahead you can see the cliffs.”

adverb

So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense; to be superior.

Example: “He finished two laps ahead of me.”

Example: “In all of his classes Jack was ahead.”

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adverb

In or for the future.

Example: “There may be tough times ahead.”

Example: “You've got to think ahead so as not to be unprepared.”

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adverb

To a later time.

Example: “Set the clock ahead an hour.”

Example: “Push the deadline ahead a day, from the 20th to the 21st.”

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adverb

At an earlier time; beforehand; in advance.

Example: “He paid his rent ahead.”

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adverb

To an earlier time.

Example: “Push the deadline ahead a day, from the 21st to the 20th.”

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

“Then the customer would set a rebidding deadline ahead a month - for example from September 1 to October 1 - and give everybody four weeks to submit […]”

— 1995, Charles Edward Weber, Stories of Virtue in Business, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 55:

“When we saw that wasn't working in 1976, we moved the deadline ahead to 1978.”

— 1998, United States House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, Implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, June 25, 1998, page 46:

“[…] committees in Congress hae a March 15 deadline for reporting their "views and estimates" to the budget committees. The Senate Republican leadership, eager to get a jump on the annual budget process, moved the deadline ahead to March 1 for Senate committees.”

— 1985, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, volume 43, page 606: