Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ahead of
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Please look at category 6 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. If someone is ahead of you, they are directly in front of you. If someone is moving ahead of you, they are in front of you and moving in the same direction. I saw a man in a blue jacket thirty metres ahead of me... She walked ahead of Helene up the steps into the hotel. PREP-PHRASE 2. If an event or period of time lies ahead of you, it is going to happen or take place soon or in the future. I tried to think about all the problems that were ahead of me tomorrow... She spent all night thinking about the future that lay ahead of her... We have a very busy day ahead of us today. = before PREP-PHRASE: PREP pron 3. In a competition, if a person or team does something ahead of someone else, they do it before the second person or team. Millar finished 1 minute and 35 seconds ahead of Thierry Claveyrolat. PREP-PHRASE: oft n PREP n 4. If something happens ahead of schedule or ahead of time, it happens earlier than was planned. This dish may be prepared a day ahead of time and refrigerated. ? behind PREP-PHRASE 5. If someone is ahead of someone else, they have made more progress and are more advanced in what they are doing. Henry generally stayed ahead of the others in the academic subjects. PREP-PHRASE 6. one step ahead of someone or something: see step ahead of your time: see time ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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{prep.} 1. In a position of advantage or power over. * /He studies all the time, because he wants to stay ahead of his classmates./ 2. In front of; before. * /The troop leader walked a few feet ahead of the boys./ 3. Earlier than; previous to, before. * /Betty finished her test ahead of the others./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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