"move ahead" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: moves ahead [present, singular, third-person], moving ahead [participle, present], moved ahead [participle, past], moved ahead [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} move ahead (third-person singular simple present moves ahead, present participle moving ahead, simple past and past participle moved ahead)
  1. To continue without being distracted; to keep going.
    Sense id: en-move_ahead-en-verb-Ee3yf6zy
  2. (figurative, by extension) To proceed; to make or signify progress Tags: broadly, figuratively Synonyms (make progress): make headway
    Sense id: en-move_ahead-en-verb-lkYQqdXx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (ahead) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 64 24 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (ahead): 19 57 24 Disambiguation of 'make progress': 20 64 16
  3. (figurative, by extension) To go on to something else. Tags: broadly, figuratively Synonyms (go on to something else): move on
    Sense id: en-move_ahead-en-verb-xZpXe~Cw Disambiguation of 'go on to something else': 6 8 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (all senses): move along
Disambiguation of 'all senses': 39 24 37

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for move ahead meaning in All languages combined (2.0kB)

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