"ahead" meaning in English

See ahead in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /əˈhɛd/ Audio: en-us-ahead.ogg , LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-ahead.wav
Rhymes: -ɛd Etymology: From a- + head. Perhaps originally a nautical term, "beyond the head (of a ship)", then drifting into more general English usage where it is used to describe something as being "in front of". Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|head}} a- + head Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} ahead (not comparable)
  1. At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in or to the front): отпред (otpred) (Bulgarian), напред (napred) (Bulgarian), en front de (Catalan), al davant de (Catalan), davant (Catalan), ímmayya (Chickasaw), voor ons (Dutch), vooruit (Dutch), voorop (Dutch), икелепеле (ikeľepeľe) (Erzya), edellä (Finnish), edessä (Finnish), devant (French), vorn (German), voraus (German), avanti (Italian), 先に (saki ni) (alt: さきに) (Japanese), alantre (Mirandese), alą́ąjįʼ (Navajo), z przodu (Polish), à frente (note: in the front) (Portuguese), para frente (english: to the front) (Portuguese), înainte (Romanian), în fața (Romanian), вперёд (vperjód) (english: where to) (Russian), впереди́ (vperedí) (english: where) (Russian), al frente de (Spanish), delante de (Spanish), adelante (Spanish), впере́д (vperéd) (Ukrainian), попе́реду (popéredu) (Ukrainian), raver (Zazaki), ǂhàã (ǃXóõ)
    Sense id: en-ahead-en-adv-OR2euYCl Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 12 26 13 13 2 32 2 Disambiguation of 'in or to the front': 47 8 10 27 0 8 0
  2. So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense; to be superior. Tags: not-comparable Translations (so as to be further advanced): edellä (Finnish), avanti (Italian)
    Sense id: en-ahead-en-adv-JFsGtfvH Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 12 26 13 13 2 32 2 Disambiguation of 'so as to be further advanced': 2 74 1 1 5 12 5
  3. To be winning or in an advantageous position. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ahead-en-adv-q~lL7kB- Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 12 26 13 13 2 32 2
  4. In or for the future. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in or for the future): edessä (Finnish), ennalta (Finnish), anticipatamente (Italian), al futuro (Italian), anzitempo (Italian)
    Sense id: en-ahead-en-adv-gw9qtnGO Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 12 26 13 13 2 32 2 Disambiguation of 'in or for the future': 1 1 1 85 4 4 3
  5. To a later time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ahead-en-adv-CbkWEmF1
  6. At an earlier time; beforehand; in advance. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ahead-en-adv-goF80fgD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English locatives, English terms prefixed with a-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Chickasaw translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Erzya translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mirandese translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Zazaki translations, Terms with ǃXóõ translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 21 2 2 0 69 0 Disambiguation of English locatives: 4 18 4 6 0 68 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 12 26 13 13 2 32 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 31 5 5 0 56 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 19 3 3 0 70 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 17 2 3 0 76 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 18 5 6 2 60 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 18 5 6 2 61 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Chickasaw translations: 6 17 4 7 0 66 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 19 6 6 0 64 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Erzya translations: 6 17 4 7 0 66 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 21 5 6 1 59 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 19 6 5 0 65 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 18 5 6 2 63 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 6 18 5 6 2 61 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 18 4 5 0 69 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 18 4 5 0 69 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Mirandese translations: 7 17 5 6 2 62 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 6 17 4 7 0 66 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 19 6 5 1 60 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 17 5 5 1 63 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 6 18 5 6 2 61 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 21 4 5 0 67 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 16 4 3 0 74 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 18 5 6 2 61 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Zazaki translations: 3 18 4 5 0 69 0 Disambiguation of Terms with ǃXóõ translations: 3 18 4 4 0 71 0
  7. To an earlier time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ahead-en-adv-htBPbQ6J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: straight ahead Related terms: ahead of Translations (at an earlier time): etuajassa (Finnish), מֵרֹאשׁ (merósh) (Hebrew), antecedentemente (Italian), in anticipo (Italian), adiantado (Portuguese)
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        "transport"
      ],
      "word": "astern"
    },
    {
      "word": "behind"
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      "word": "aheadness"
    },
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      "word": "ahead of time"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bound ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "call ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "draw ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "epub ahead of print"
    },
    {
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      "word": "freeze-ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "go-ahead"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "have one's whole life ahead of one"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leap ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lie ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "line ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "loom ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nudge ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "one jump ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "phone ahead"
    },
    {
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      "word": "plan ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "power ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prepare ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "radio ahead"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "readahead"
    },
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      "word": "roar ahead"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "set ahead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "typeahead"
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    "ahead"
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "text": "The island was directly ahead.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Just ahead you can see the cliffs.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "Keep going straight ahead.",
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          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
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          "sense": "in or to the front",
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          "word": "voorop"
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          "code": "myv",
          "lang": "Erzya",
          "roman": "ikeľepeľe",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "икелепеле"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "edellä"
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          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "edessä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "devant"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "vorn"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "voraus"
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          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "avanti"
        },
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          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "alt": "さきに",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saki ni",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "先に"
        },
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          "code": "mwl",
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "alantre"
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          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "alą́ąjįʼ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "z przodu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "in the front",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "à frente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "to the front",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "para frente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "înainte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "în fața"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "where to",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vperjód",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "вперёд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "where",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vperedí",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "впереди́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "al frente de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "delante de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "adelante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vperéd",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "впере́д"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "popéredu",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "попе́реду"
        },
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          "_dis1": "47 8 10 27 0 8 0",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "raver"
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        {
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          "code": "nmn",
          "lang": "ǃXóõ",
          "sense": "in or to the front",
          "word": "ǂhàã"
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        {
          "text": "He finished two laps ahead of me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "In all of his classes Jack was ahead.",
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        "So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense; to be superior."
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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          "_dis1": "2 74 1 1 5 12 5",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "so as to be further advanced",
          "word": "edellä"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "so as to be further advanced",
          "word": "avanti"
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      "glosses": [
        "To be winning or in an advantageous position."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There may be tough times ahead.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "You've got to think ahead so as not to be unprepared.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In or for the future."
      ],
      "id": "en-ahead-en-adv-gw9qtnGO",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 85 4 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "in or for the future",
          "word": "edessä"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in or for the future",
          "word": "ennalta"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 85 4 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in or for the future",
          "word": "anticipatamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 85 4 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in or for the future",
          "word": "al futuro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 85 4 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in or for the future",
          "word": "anzitempo"
        }
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    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Set the clock ahead an hour.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Push the deadline ahead a day, from the 20th to the 21st.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Charles Edward Weber, Stories of Virtue in Business, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "text": "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 […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "When we saw that wasn't working in 1976, we moved the deadline ahead to 1978.",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To a later time."
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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
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          "ref": "1985, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, volume 43, page 606:",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, United States House Committee on Government Reform, Smooth Sailing Or an Impending Wreck?: The Impact of New Visa and Passport Requirements on Foreign Travel to the United States : Hearing Before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, July 10, 2003, page 113:",
          "text": "[…] the Department is responding to the statutory requirement in the USA Patriot Act that moved the deadline ahead to 2003 from 2007.",
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        "To an earlier time."
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      "word": "etuajassa"
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}
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mirandese translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "call ahead"
    },
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      "word": "draw ahead"
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    {
      "word": "epub ahead of print"
    },
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      "word": "freeze-ahead"
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    {
      "word": "go-ahead"
    },
    {
      "word": "have one's whole life ahead of one"
    },
    {
      "word": "leap ahead"
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    {
      "word": "lie ahead"
    },
    {
      "word": "line ahead"
    },
    {
      "word": "loom ahead"
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    {
      "word": "nudge ahead"
    },
    {
      "word": "one jump ahead"
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    {
      "word": "phone ahead"
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    {
      "word": "plan ahead"
    },
    {
      "word": "power ahead"
    },
    {
      "word": "prepare ahead"
    },
    {
      "word": "radio ahead"
    },
    {
      "word": "readahead"
    },
    {
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          "text": "Keep going straight ahead.",
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          "text": "He finished two laps ahead of me.",
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      "glosses": [
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          "text": "There may be tough times ahead.",
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          "text": "You've got to think ahead so as not to be unprepared.",
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        "In or for the future."
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          "text": "Set the clock ahead an hour.",
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        {
          "text": "Push the deadline ahead a day, from the 20th to the 21st.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Charles Edward Weber, Stories of Virtue in Business, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "text": "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 […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "When we saw that wasn't working in 1976, we moved the deadline ahead to 1978.",
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        "To a later time."
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        "At an earlier time; beforehand; in advance."
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          "text": "[…] 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, United States House Committee on Government Reform, Smooth Sailing Or an Impending Wreck?: The Impact of New Visa and Passport Requirements on Foreign Travel to the United States : Hearing Before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, July 10, 2003, page 113:",
          "text": "[…] the Department is responding to the statutory requirement in the USA Patriot Act that moved the deadline ahead to 2003 from 2007.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otpred",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "отпред"
    },
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      "sense": "in or to the front",
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      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "en front de"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "al davant de"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "davant"
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      "code": "cic",
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      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "ímmayya"
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      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "voor ons"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "vooruit"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "voorop"
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      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "ikeľepeľe",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "икелепеле"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "edellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "edessä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "devant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "vorn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "voraus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "avanti"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さきに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saki ni",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "先に"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "alantre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "alą́ąjįʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "z przodu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "in the front",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "à frente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "to the front",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "para frente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "înainte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "în fața"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "where to",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vperjód",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "вперёд"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "where",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vperedí",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "впереди́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "al frente de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "delante de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "adelante"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vperéd",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "впере́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "popéredu",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "попе́реду"
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      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "raver"
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      "code": "nmn",
      "lang": "ǃXóõ",
      "sense": "in or to the front",
      "word": "ǂhàã"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "so as to be further advanced",
      "word": "edellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "so as to be further advanced",
      "word": "avanti"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in or for the future",
      "word": "edessä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in or for the future",
      "word": "ennalta"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in or for the future",
      "word": "anticipatamente"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in or for the future",
      "word": "al futuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in or for the future",
      "word": "anzitempo"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at an earlier time",
      "word": "etuajassa"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "merósh",
      "sense": "at an earlier time",
      "word": "מֵרֹאשׁ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at an earlier time",
      "word": "antecedentemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at an earlier time",
      "word": "in anticipo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at an earlier time",
      "word": "adiantado"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ahead"
}

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