āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§
in position or direction that is further forward or in front of a person or thing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A large truck was parked just ahead, blocking the view.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§.
1.1
āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§
in a leading position in a competition or race
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He pushed ahead in the final minutes, securing his lead.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He paid the rent a month ahead.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻļā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻ
at a time period that is coming next or soon to occur
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The week ahead will be packed with meetings.
āĻāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤
3.1
āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§
at a time earlier or later than originally scheduled
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The deadline was pushed ahead by two days.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ
further along in development, achievement, or completion compared to others
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His team is ahead on all deliverables.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĄā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
05
āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
(of a pitcher) in a favorable count by having thrown more strikes than balls to the current batter
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He got ahead early with two strikes.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
5.1
āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
(of a batter) in an advantageous position by having more balls than strikes in the current at-bat
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
When ahead, hitters can afford to wait for a good pitch.
āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
