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aheadness

aheadness noun: the quality of being ahead.

Noun

aheadness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being ahead.
    • The central oddity of the past future stems from this fact, when considered in the light of the principle of sense: how can it make sense for the speaker to commit himself to aheadness as calculated from a past vantage point?2010, Peter Harder, Functional Semantics, page 359

Origin of aheadness

From ahead + -ness.

Questions about aheadness

What does aheadness mean?
Aheadness means the quality of being ahead.
What part of speech is aheadness?
Aheadness is a noun.

Words near aheadness in the dictionary

  1. ahead of schedule
  2. ahead of the curve
  3. ahead of the game
  4. ahead of the pack
  5. ahead of time
  6. aheadness
  7. aheap
  8. Ahearn
  9. Ahearns
  10. ahed
  11. Aheer

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