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lines ahead

lines ahead is the plural of line ahead.

Meaning of line ahead

Noun

line ahead (usually uncountable, plural lines ahead)

  1. (usually) A type of warship formation with the ships proceeding one after another and the trailing ships following behind the lead ship on the same path.
    • Unfortunately, the squadron was, in fact, quite a bit north by northeast of where they thought they actually were. The radiobeacon readings, as it turned out, had been correct. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, they'd adopted a line ahead formation, and, so, when the flagship made its turn to...2019 November 20, Drachinifel, 8:10 from the start, in Honda Point Disaster - Taking a Wrong Turn at Albuquerque, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2022

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What is lines ahead the plural of?
Lines ahead is the plural of line ahead.

Words near lines ahead in the dictionary

  1. linerixibat
  2. linerless
  3. liners
  4. lines
  5. lines abreast
  6. lines ahead
  7. lines drawn in water
  8. lines drawn on water
  9. lines in
  10. lines in the sand
  11. lines of attack

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