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lie ahead

lie ahead verb: to be going to happen in the future; to be in store.

Verb

lie ahead (third-person singular simple present lies ahead, present participle lying ahead, simple past lay ahead, past participle lain ahead)

  1. (intransitive) To be going to happen in the future; to be in store.
    • Our best days lie ahead.
    • Here, too, there is a marked change in the character of the country, for Tondu lies at the foot of the imposing mass of the central group of Glamorgan mountains, betokening the stiff gradients that lie ahead.1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 448

Forms of lie ahead

third-person singular presentlies ahead
present participlelying ahead
pastlay ahead
past participlelain ahead

Questions about lie ahead

What does lie ahead mean?
Lie ahead means to be going to happen in the future; to be in store.
What part of speech is lie ahead?
Lie ahead is a verb.
What is the past tense of lie ahead?
The past tense of lie ahead is lay ahead.

Words near lie ahead in the dictionary

  1. Lidsdale
  2. Lidster
  3. Lidzbark
  4. lie
  5. lie above
  6. lie ahead
  7. Lie algebra
  8. Lie algebras
  9. Lie algebroid
  10. Lie algebroids
  11. lie along

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