Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ahead

 

 (Can you tell me ahead of time if you're coming?) 5 »FUTURE« in the future  (Rest now because you have a long journey ahead of you.) lie ~  (We should try to predict the type of problems that may lie ahead.) the years/days/months etc ~

 

 (The decisions you make in the days ahead are going to affect your whole future.) plan ~ (=plan for the future) 6 ~ of time/schedule etc earlier than planned or arranged  (We might finish the project ahead of schedule.) 7 »WINNING« winning in a competition or election  (Milligan's three-pointer puts them ahead by one.) 8 go ~ spoken used to tell someone they can do something  ("Can I have the sports section?" "Yeah, go ahead, I've read it.") 9 »ADVANCED« ideas, achievements etc that are ~ of others, have made more progress or are more developed  (VEMCO was years ahead of us in their research.) be ~ of its time (=so new that people do not understand or like it)  (Her educational theories were way ahead of their time) 10 get ~ to make progress and be successful in your job, education etc  (Getting ahead at work is the most important thing to her at the moment.) 11 go ~ (with sth) to start doing something  (Frank'll be late but we'll go ahead with the meeting anyway.)  (- see also go-ahead1) 12 get/keep ~ (of the game) AmE informal to get into or be in a position where you are in control of something, so that it is easier to deal with  (I find it hard to keep ahead of the housework.)