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running ahead

running ahead is the present participle and gerund of run ahead.

Meaning of run ahead

Verb

run ahead (third-person singular simple present runs ahead, present participle running ahead, simple past ran ahead, past participle run ahead)

  1. To use sidings to pass a different train.
  2. To proceed beyond peers or beyond some limit.
    • The culture has run ahead of what people are comfortable with.
  3. (transitive) To execute (code) in advance, anticipating a likely upcoming need for the result.

Questions about running ahead

What is running ahead the present participle and gerund of?
Running ahead is the present participle and gerund of run ahead.

Words near running ahead in the dictionary

  1. running adrift
  2. running afoul of
  3. running after
  4. running against
  5. running aground
  6. running ahead
  7. running along
  8. running amok
  9. running amuck
  10. running an errand
  11. running and gunning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running ahead (page history and authors); run ahead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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