run ahead
run ahead · runs ahead · ran ahead · run ahead · running ahead
To use sidings to pass a different trainTo use sidings to pass a different train.
» No one ran ahead of him.
Niemand lief vor ihm.
Впереди него никто не бежал.
Meaning
3 sensesTo use sidings to pass a different train.
To proceed beyond peers or beyond some limit.
The culture has run ahead of what people are comfortable with.
(transitive)To execute (code) in advance, anticipating a likely upcoming need for the result.
Examples
10 sentencesNo one ran ahead of him.
ruВпереди него никто не бежал.
deNiemand lief vor ihm.
I ran ahead to warn everybody.
ruЯ побежал вперёд, чтобы всех предупредить.
deIch lief voraus, um alle zu warnen.
He is running ahead of me.
deEr läuft vor mir.
Tom ran ahead and a bull after him.
Robert ran straight ahead.
Forms
runs ahead, running ahead, ran ahead, run ahead| Base form | run ahead · to run ahead |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | runs ahead |
| Present participle | running ahead |
| Past simple | ran ahead |
| Past participle | run ahead |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- run upшитиTo run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
- run offвідлякати, відлякуватиTo flee or depart quickly.
- run outзакінчитися, закінчуватисяTo use up or consume all
- run downпереїхати, переїжджатиTo hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- run overпереїхати, переїжджатиTo exceed the allotted time.
- run awayбігати, бігтиTo flee by running.
- run afterгнати, ганятиTo follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something).
- run intoзрозуміти, розумітиTo enter by running.
More 8
- run aroundобшукати, обшукуватиTo be very busy doing many different things.
- run throughу /в мене, матиTo repeat something.
- run onTo continue without interruption
- run inTo arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
- run backTo take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
- run alongTo leave; to make one's way somewhere else.
- run withTo be streaming with a fluid.
- run aheadTo use sidings to pass a different train.
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedrunahead
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