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Line 2: ===Etymology=== :From ''{{lbprefix\|en\|~~nautical~~a\|head}}. Perhaps originally a nautical term, ~~Beyond~~"beyond the [[head]] (of a ship)~~.'' This may~~", ~~have~~then ~~drifted~~drifting into more general English usage where it is used to describe something as being '"in front of'".▼ ~~{{prefix\|en\|a\|head}}~~ ▲: ''{{lb\|en\|nautical}} Beyond the [[head]] (of a ship).'' This may have drifted into more general English usage where it is used to describe something as being 'in front of'. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA\|en\|/əˈhɛd/}} * {{audio\|en\|en-us-ahead.ogg\|~~Audio (~~a=US)}} * {{audio\|en\|LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-ahead.wav\|~~Audio (~~a=UK\|q=male ~~male)~~voice}} * {{rhymes\|en\|ɛd\|s=2}} * {{hyphenation\|en\|ahead}} Line 15 ⟶ 14: {{en-adv\|-}} # InAt or totowards the [[front]]; in ~~[[advance]];~~the ~~[[onward]]~~direction one is facing or moving. #: ''{{ux\|en\|The island was directly '''[[ahead]]'''.''}} #: {{ux\|en\|Just '''ahead''' you can see the cliffs.}} ~~# In the direction one is facing or moving.~~ #: ~~''Just~~{{ux\|en\|Keep going straight '''ahead''' ~~you can see the cliffs~~.''}} # So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense; to be superior. #: {{ux\|en\|He finished two laps '''ahead''' of me.}} #: ''{{ux\|en\|In all of his classes Jack was '''ahead'''.''}}▼ # In or for the future. #: ''{{ux\|en\|There may be tough times '''ahead'''.''}} #: ''{{ux\|en\|You've got to think '''ahead''' so as not to be unprepared.''}} # AtTo ana ~~earlier~~later time. #: ~~''He~~{{ux\|en\|Set ~~paid~~the ~~his rent~~clock '''ahead''' an hour.''}} #: {{ux\|en\|Push the deadline '''ahead''' a day, from the 20th to the 21st.}} ~~# Having [[progress]]ed more.~~ #* {{quote-book\|en\|year=1995\|author=Charles Edward Weber\|title=Stories of Virtue in Business\|publisher=University Press of America\|isbn=9780819199508\|page=55 ▲#: ''In all of his classes Jack was '''ahead'''.'' \|passage=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 {{...}}}} #* {{quote-book\|en\|year=1998\|author=United States House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture\|title=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 \|passage=When we saw that wasn't working in 1976, we moved the deadline '''ahead''' to 1978.}} # At an earlier time; [[beforehand]]; [[in advance]]. #: {{ux\|en\|He paid his rent '''ahead'''.}} # To an earlier time. #: {{ux\|en\|Push the deadline '''ahead''' a day, from the 21st to the 20th.}} #* {{quote-text\|en\|year=1985\|title=Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report\|volume=43\|page=606 \|passage={{...}} 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.}} #* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2003\|author=United States House Committee on Government Reform\|title=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 \|passage={{...}} the Department is responding to the statutory requirement in the USA Patriot Act that moved the deadline '''ahead''' to 2003 from 2007.}} ====Antonyms==== Line 35 ⟶ 48: ====Derived terms==== {{col-auto\|en\|aheadness\|readahead\|typeahead\|ahead of time\|epub ahead of print\|freeze-ahead\|have one's whole life ahead of one\|line ahead\|one jump ahead\|set ahead\|go-ahead\| bound ahead\|call ahead\|draw ahead\|leap ahead\|lie ahead\|loom ahead\|nudge ahead\|phone ahead\|plan ahead\|power ahead\|prepare ahead\|radio ahead\|roar ahead\| quit when one is ahead}} * {{l\|en\|ahead of time}} * {{l\|en\|go-ahead}} ====Related terms==== Line 44 ⟶ 56: {{trans-top\|in or to the front}} * Bulgarian: {{t+\|bg\|отпред}}, {{t+\|bg\|напред}} * Catalan: {{t\|ca\|en front de}}, {{t\|ca\|al davant de}}, {{t+\|ca\|davant}} * Chickasaw: {{t\|cic\|ímmayya}} * Dutch: {{t\|nl\|voor ons}}, {{t+\|nl\|vooruit}}, {{t+\|nl\|voorop}} * Erzya: {{t\|myv\|икелепеле}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|edellä}}, {{t+\|fi\|edessä}} * French: {{t+\|fr\|devant}} * ~~Interlingue~~German: {{t+\|iede\|advorn}}, ~~avan~~{{t+\|de\|voraus}} * Italian: {{t+\|it\|avanti}} * Japanese: {{t+\|ja\|先に\|tr=さきに, saki ni}} * Mirandese: {{t\|mwl\|alantre}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Navajo: {{t\|nv\|alą́ąjįʼ}} * Polish: {{t+\|pl\|z przodu}} * Portuguese: {{t+\|pt\|à frente}} {{qualifier\|in the front}}, {{t\|pt\|[[para]] [[frente]]}} {{qualifier\|to the front}} * Romanian: {{t+\|ro\|înainte}}, {{t\|ro\|în fața}} * Russian: {{t+\|ru\|вперёд}} {{qualifier\|where to}}, {{t+\|ru\|впереди́}} {{qualifier\|where to}} * Spanish: {{t\|es\|al frente de}}, {{t\|es\|delante de}}, {{t+\|es\|adelante}} * Ukrainian: {{t\|uk\|впере́д}}, {{t\|uk\|попе́реду}} Line 65 ⟶ 77: {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top\|inso ~~the~~as ~~direction~~to ~~one~~be isfurther ~~facing or moving~~advanced}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|~~edessä~~edellä}} * Italian: {{t+\|it\|~~davanti~~avanti}}▼ ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ ▲* Italian: {{t+\|it\|davanti}} * Mirandese: {{t\|mwl\|alantre}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top\|in or for the future}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|edessä}}; {{t+\|fi\|ennalta}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Italian: {{t+\|it\|anticipatamente}}, {{t\|it\|al futuro}}, {{t\|it\|anzitempo}} {{trans-bottom}} Line 80 ⟶ 89: {{trans-top\|at an earlier time}} * Finnish: {{t\|fi\|etuajassa}} * Hebrew: {{t+\|he\|מֵרֹאשׁ\|tr=merósh}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Italian: {{t+\|it\|antecedentemente}}, {{t+\|it\|in anticipo}} * Portuguese: {{t+\|pt\|adiantado}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}}<!-- Was "in the direction one is facing or moving" but it is unclear how this differs from "to the front" --> ~~{{trans-top\|having progressed more}}~~ * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|~~edellä~~edessä}} * Italian: {{t+\|it\|davanti}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * ~~Italian~~Mirandese: {{t+\|itmwl\|~~avanti~~alantre}} {{trans-bottom}} ===References=== * {{R:OneLook}} ===Anagrams=== * {{anagrams\|en\|a=aadeh\|aahed}} ~~[[Category:English~~ {{cln\|en\|contranyms\|locatives]]}}