put ahead
put ahead · puts ahead · put ahead · putting ahead
To treat something as more important than something elseTo treat something as more important than something else.
» I'll put my rights ahead of everything.
Meaning
1 sensesTo treat something as more important than something else.
Examples
3 sentencesI'll put my rights ahead of everything.
She put her watch ahead by ten minutes.
deSie stellte die Uhr zehn Minuten vor.
Put your watch ahead. It's slow.
deStell deine Uhr vor! Die geht zu langsam!
Forms
puts ahead, putting ahead, put ahead, put ahead| Base form | put ahead · to put ahead |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | puts ahead |
| Present participle | putting ahead |
| Past simple | put ahead |
| Past participle | put ahead |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- put upприбрати, прибиратиTo place in a high location.
- put offвідкласти, відкладатиTo postpone, especially through procrastination.
- put outзасмучувати, засмутитиTo blind (eyes).
- put onнадіти, одягтиTo don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- put inвставити, вкластиTo place inside.
- put downвпускати, впуститиTo insult, belittle, or demean.
- put backзамінити, замінятиTo return something to its original place.
- put overвідкласти, відкладатиTo state or explain (a concept) in a clear, understandable manner.
More 8
- put awayприбрати, прибиратиTo put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- put throughвиконувати, винестиTo connect (a telephone caller) with the callee.
- put acrossпройти, проходитиTo explain or state something clearly and understandably.
- put byврятувати, рятуватиTo store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
- put forwardвиробляти, виробитиTo propose for consideration.
- put asideприбрати, прибиратиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
- put aboutTo change direction.
- put underUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, under.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle