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a·head

ahead

 
pronunciation:
hed
part of speech: adverb
definition 1: "Ahead" means in front. When someone walks ahead of you, they are walking in front of you. "Ahead" also means before. If you get to the ice cream truck ahead of the other children, it means that you get there before the others.
When we got in line for lunch, I let Max go ahead of me.Grace ran as fast as she could, but Mia got to the bus stop ahead of her.
antonyms:
behind
similar words:
early
definition 2: When you move ahead, you move forward or to the front.
The cars are not moving ahead because a police officer is stopping traffic.If you have your movie tickets, you can go ahead.
antonyms:
backward
similar words:
forth, forward
definition 3: "Ahead" means in the future or in the time to come.
We all know that there are problems ahead, but we can solve them together.