Word of the Day:
ahead
What It Means
At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense; to be superior.
In or for the future.
Push the deadline ahead a day, from the 20th to the 21st.
Ahead in Context
“[…] committees in Congress hae a March 15 deadline for reporting their "views and estimates" to the budget committees. The Senate Republican leadership, eager to get a jump on the annual budget process, moved the deadline ahead to March 1 for Senate committees.”
Did You Know?
From a- + head. Perhaps originally a nautical term, beyond the head (of a ship), then drifting into more general English usage where it is used to describe something as being in front of.
Source and license
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