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# ahead

«ahead» in Mova's school dictionary: **in front, or further on: a runner who is ahead is in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (ahead; ahead of)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ahead means in front, or further on: a runner who is ahead is in front of the others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#m1)

2) Ahead means in the future, still to come. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#m2)

3) Ahead means winning, with more points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#m3)

4) «Go ahead» means you may start or do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a difference between two amounts in a race or a game; also time still to come; phrases «ahead of», «go ahead», «plan ahead», «look ahead», «ahead of time», «get ahead»

### examples

- Lily is 30 meters ahead of Sam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x1)
- The Reds are 7 points ahead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x2)
- He reads 20 pages ahead of the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x3)
- There are 3 days ahead before the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x4)
- Go ahead and start eating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x5)
- Look ahead when you ride your bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x6)
- We planned ahead for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x7)
- The road ahead is closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x8)
- We finished the project ahead of time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x9)
- She was two steps ahead of her brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x10)
- While the witch was swimming across the water, Prince Ivan got a long way ahead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/#x11)

### note

«X ahead of Y» tells a difference: X = Y + the amount ahead. Trap: to find the one behind, you take away, not add. The opposite is «behind».

### In the corpora

- [Clever birds make tools, plan ahead, remember thousands of hiding places and recognise faces, and they learn from watching others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots/3/)
- [The Mole, who knows it's bad manners to talk about trouble ahead, changes the subject.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/7/)
- [«it is quite against animal-etiquette to dwell on possible trouble ahead» — etiquette = the rules of polite behaviour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/28/)
- [Ahead lies the Wild Wood, «low and threatening, like a black reef».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood/7/)
- [The Rat has a plan: go down into a lumpy little valley ahead and find a dry cave or hole to rest in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ahead» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.