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ahead of schedule

ahead of schedule prepositional phrase: prior to a deadline.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Prior to a deadline.
    • Buses are running ahead of schedule, but trains an hour late.

Questions about ahead of schedule

What does ahead of schedule mean?
Ahead of schedule means prior to a deadline.
What part of speech is ahead of schedule?
Ahead of schedule is a prepositional phrase.

Words near ahead of schedule in the dictionary

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

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