Meaning

3 senses
  1. To use sidings to pass a different train.

  2. To proceed beyond peers or beyond some limit.

    The culture has run ahead of what people are comfortable with.

  3. (transitive)To execute (code) in advance, anticipating a likely upcoming need for the result.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. No one ran ahead of him.

    ruВпереди него никто не бежал.

    deNiemand lief vor ihm.

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  2. I ran ahead to warn everybody.

    ruЯ побежал вперёд, чтобы всех предупредить.

    deIch lief voraus, um alle zu warnen.

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  3. He is running ahead of me.

    deEr läuft vor mir.

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  4. Tom ran ahead and a bull after him.

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  5. Robert ran straight ahead.

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Forms

runs ahead, running ahead, ran ahead, run ahead
Base formrun ahead · to run ahead
3rd person singularruns ahead
Present participlerunning ahead
Past simpleran ahead
Past participlerun ahead

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun ahead
he, she, itruns ahead

Past simpleLesson

all personsran ahead

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run ahead
he, she, ithas run ahead

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run ahead

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Derivedrunahead

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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