See Also: Ahead of you(finance)
Going ahead(money)
Going ahead(finance)
Ahead of you(money)
Ahead of itself(money)
ahead(dictionary)
go-ahead(dictionary)
ahead(dictionary)
Ahead of itself(finance)
Running ahead(finance)

ahead (iou)



ahead adverb. Orig. Nautical. M16.
[from A preposition1 1 + HEAD noun.]
Of motion: straight forwards; headlong. M16.
go ahead: see GO verb. See also GO-AHEAD.
Browning Galloping straight a-head.
Pointing forwards; fig. into the future. L16.
J. F. Cooper One who looked on a-head to the wants of posterity.
At the head (of a moving company); in advance, in front (lit. & fig.). E17.
E. O'Neill Navy has drawn aheadhalf a lengthlooks like Navy's race. L. Hughes I am the man who never got ahead, The poorest worker bartered through the years.
In the line of one's forward motion; further forward in space or time. L17.
W. H. Auden When courage fails, when hopes are fading, Think on the victory ahead.
Phrases: ahead of in front of, further advanced than, (lit. & fig.). line ahead: see LINE noun2. one jump ahead: see JUMP noun1.