English English Dictionary

ahead in English:

1. a short distance in front of someone or something

2. ahead of

The car was ahead of the bike.

In the polls Labour is 2% ahead of the Conservatives.

Do you see that red car ahead of us?

Our flight landed ahead of schedule.

People are likely to engage in conspicuous consumption when they know that their purchases will get them ahead of their peers in the status hierarhy.

to be ahead of time/ to be ahead of the competiton

Your reputation goes ahead of you, Ragnar Lothbrok.

He was ahead of the bike.

3. in front

You are right in front of us.

There is a car in front of the building.

English word "ahead"(in front) occurs in sets:

An Awkward Situation

4. exceeding someone else at progress

English word "ahead"(exceeding someone else at progress) occurs in sets:

Advanced English words that start with "A"

5. before an event happens

6. of

Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.

How nice of you!

Of course.

It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

A box of chocolates

We were sitting peacefully at dinner, when all of a sudden the lights went out.

To the best of my knowledge, this chemical will prevent germs from breeding.

Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Genes consist of a specific sequence of DNA.

Carpentry and bricklaying are examples of manual labor.

By the age of seven, he had already made his own bow and arrows.

When we started out in 2009, I was convinced that our store would become one of the best in the city.

I'm very particular about what kind of people I invite into my house.

If a man wants to learn to sound like a native speaker of Japanese, he shouldn't only learn Japanese from women. The reverse is true for a woman.

Something you should know about me is that I half of what I say is meaningless.

English word "ahead"(of) occurs in sets:

Prepositions for Ewa