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ahead of one's time

ahead of one's time prepositional phrase: in advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.
    • With his practice of dream interpretation by free association, Freud was both ahead of his time and behind his time.1990, Ken Frieden, Freud’s dream of interpretation, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 135, →ISBN

ahead of one's time meaning in Arabic

ahead of one's time in Arabic

in advance of commonly accepted ideas
سَابِق عَصْرِه sābiq ʕaṣrih

Antonyms of ahead of one's time

Questions about ahead of one's time

What does ahead of one's time mean?
Ahead of one's time means in advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.
What is ahead of one's time in Arabic?
Ahead of one's time in Arabic is سَابِق عَصْرِه (sābiq ʕaṣrih). See Ahead of one's time meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is ahead of one's time?
Ahead of one's time is a prepositional phrase.

Words near ahead of one's time in the dictionary

  1. AHDB
  2. AHE
  3. ahead
  4. ahead in the count
  5. ahead of
  6. ahead of one's time
  7. ahead of schedule
  8. ahead of the curve
  9. ahead of the game
  10. ahead of the pack
  11. ahead of time

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