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ahead
English
Etymology
a- +? head
- (nautical) Beyond the head (of a ship). This may have drifted into more general English usage where it is used to describe something as being 'in front of'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??h?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
- Hyphenation: ahead
Adverb
ahead (not comparable)
- In or to the front; in advance; onward.
- In the direction one is facing or moving.
- In or for the future.
- At an earlier time.
- Having progressed more.
Antonyms
- (nautical) astern
- behind
Hyponyms
- straight ahead
Derived terms
- ahead of time
- go-ahead
Related terms
- ahead of
Translations
Anagrams
- aahed
ahead From the web:
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- what's ahead for the stock market
- what's ahead of us
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- what's ahead in 2020
- what's ahead of you
- what's ahead steve forbes
previous
English
Alternative forms
- prævious (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin praevius.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?ivi.?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?i?v??s/
Adjective
previous (comparative more previous, superlative most previous)
- (not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
- He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.
- (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
Synonyms
- former
- late
- old
- See also Thesaurus:former
Antonyms
- future
- following
- next
- succeeding
Derived terms
- previous to
- previously
- previously disadvantaged
- previousness
Translations
Noun
previous (countable and uncountable, plural previouses)
- (informal, Britain) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions")
- Synonym: form
- It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.
- 1994, William J. Caunitz, Three complete novels: Black Sand; Suspects; One Police Plaza
- Simmons had eight previouses: robberies, burglaries, a couple of felonious assaults.
- (informal, Britain) A track record of similar behaviour.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- For that Smalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat’s paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He has previous on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way he scythed down James Milner when the first rule for a defender on a yellow card is not to dive in unless it is absolutely necessary.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
Anagrams
- pervious, viperous
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- what previous mean
- what previous coronaviruses caused pandemics
- what previous year matches 2021
- what previous sacrament are we confirming
- what previous work influenced hamlet
- what previous work influenced ulysses
- what previous pandemic is similar to covid-19
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