Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. At or to the front or head.
- adv. In advance; before: Pay ahead, and you'll receive a discount.
- adv. In or into the future; for the future: planned ahead.
- adv. In an advanced position or a configuration registering the future: Set the clock ahead.
- adv. At or to a different time; earlier or later: moved the appointment ahead, from Tuesday to Monday.
- adv. In a forward direction; onward: The train moved ahead slowly.
- adv. In the prescribed direction or sequence for normal use: You won't hear anything unless you roll the tape ahead.
- adv. In or into a more advantageous position: wanted to get ahead in life.
- idiom. be ahead To be winning or in a superior position: The home team was ahead in the second period. Your company is ahead in developing the new technology.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In or to the front; in advance; before: as, they walked ahead of us all the way: in nautical language, opposed to astern: as, to lie ahead.
- Forward; onward; with unrestrained motion or action: as, go ahead (= go on; proceed; push forward or onward; carry out your task or purpose: an idiomatic phrase said to have originated in the United States, and sometimes converted into an adjective: as, a go-ahead person); he pushed ahead with his plans.
- To move ahead, as in coming to anchor after the sails are furled.
Wiktionary
- adv. In or to the front; in advance; onward.
- adv. Having progressed more.
- adv. In the direction one is facing or moving.
- adv. in the future, preceding
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In or to the front; in advance; onward.
- adv. obsolete Headlong; without restraint.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. at or in the front
- adv. toward the future; forward in time
- adv. leading or ahead in a competition
- adv. to a more advanced or advantageous position
- adv. in a forward direction
- adj. having the leading position or higher score in a contest
- adv. ahead of time; in anticipation
- adv. to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)
Etymologies
- a- + head (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Though sailing blind, still the pilot cries 'Full speed ahead' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Though sailing blind, still the pilot cries \'Full speed ahead\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The crash and oil spill at the Golden Gate Bridge might be the perfect metaphor of Dubya\'s presidency, if there were only a board of pilots to hold Bush accountable. ”
Though sailing blind, still the pilot cries 'Full speed ahead'
“Donald Tusk is set to lay out his administration's budget plans and other policies for the term ahead in his address Friday, and investors will be watching closely to see how much he intends to consolidate state finances.”
The Wall Street Journal: Polish Premier's Speech to Focus on Budget
“Manchester United could go level on points with their neighbours by winning Saturday's home game against Bolton Wanderers, as could Tottenham Hotspur by beating Wolves at White Hart Lane, and Ferguson said it is good for football to see two new teams challenging for the title ahead of the usual threat from Chelsea and Arsenal.”
The Guardian: Manchester City's first half of season was fantastic, says Ferguson
“And Ive won a title ahead of Kimi Rikknen and his McLaren, and another one ahead of Michael Schumacher.”
“Britt improvised as she spoke, her mind only a word ahead of her voice.”
“In the women's race, Beijing Olympic finalist Jeanette Kwakye took the title ahead of world and European junior champion Jodie Williams, with Asha Philip, the top-ranked Briton before this weekend, disqualified from the semi-finals for a false start.”
“The kids are back at school, and attention now turns to the term ahead.”
“She loved the patriarch Joe, calling him "Mr. Kennedy," and, in a phrase ahead of its time, "the tiger mother.”
“Tony McCoy has won the Grand National on his 15th attempt at Aintree, riding Don't Push It. In a closely fought race McCoy took the title ahead of Black Apalachi, ridden by Denis O'Regan, and State of Play in third, ridden by Paul Moloney.”
“The couple edged Meryl Davis and Charlie White by just 1.43 points to take the title ahead of their US rivals, just as they did in Vancouver last month.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ahead’.
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Stuffie: Deathly pale
I couldn't delete this list, so let's turn it into a stuffie of sorts. I'm thinking of idioms that include the word dead.
weight, pan, ahead, night of the living, on my feet, serious, man's curve, of the night, quiet, battery, fish, link and 6 more...
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Stuffie: Dead
Stuff that's dead.
last, right, straight, reckoning, ahead, duck, heat, end, beat, walking, pool, grateful and 53 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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hard to sense
somewhat, somewhere, elsewhere, whereby, likewise, spite, ever, along, otherwise, whatever, whichever, hitherto and 116 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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Stuffie: Heave-Ho!
Stuffie #3. Stuff you pull.
wagon, leg, finger, door, prank, taffy, heist, stunt, lever, plunger, draught, plug and 46 more...
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keeping up with the jones'
understand, finding the base, sprint to get to ..., running to keep up, lagging, ahead, cycles, break through, jogging alongside
Tweets
Looking for tweets for ahead.
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