Definitions

ahead

[uh-hed] / əˈhɛd /

ADVERB

in front or advance of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advanced along before earlier forward

STRONG

beforehand forwards onward onwards

WEAK

advancing ante antecedently at an advantage at the head first fore foremost in the foreground in the lead leading on precedent precedently preceding previous progressing to the fore

Antonyms

STRONGEST

behind

Example Sentences

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He said: "I'm not going to run ahead of what the report may or may not say."

From BBC

—Eurozone government bond yields rose ahead of significant bond supply scheduled for Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

U.S. stock futures slipped and global government bond yields rose as traders look ahead to December’s CPI reading.

From The Wall Street Journal

The researchers suggest this helps explain why people often tell others to go ahead and eat, yet struggle to do so themselves.

From Science Daily

"So from our point of view this is 10 years ahead of what we were expecting."

From BBC