Betekenis van ahead In het Nederlands

• 0 in front:

  • The road ahead is very busy.

  • Turn left at the traffic lights, and you'll see the hospital straight ahead.

  • Barcelona was ahead after ten minutes.

  • All the children in the class are doing well, but Sophie is way (= far) ahead.

• 1 in or into the future:

  • He couldn't bear to think of the lonely year ahead.

• 2 earlier than or before someone or something:

  • It was already 10 AM in Moscow when the news broke in London that morning, because Moscow is three hours ahead.

• 3 directly in front:

  • She only had a few things in her shopping cart, so I told her she could go ahead of me in the checkout line.

  • Sophie is way ahead of the rest of her class.

• 4 in or into the future:

  • We have a lot of hard work ahead of us.

  • You have to plan ahead when you’re thinking of going to graduate school.

• 5 at a better, higher, or greater level than before:

  • be ahead by sth First-half figures showed that pre-tax profits were ahead by 8% to £94.8m.

  • Full-year profits jumped 25% to £106m pre-tax, which was ahead of expectations.

• 6 more developed, advanced, or able to succeed:

  • keep/get/stay ahead To get ahead in the industry you need the right tools and the right connections.

  • ahead of sb/sth After showing signs of slowing sales growth, the group cut its prices to stay ahead of its rivals.