## Meanings
1. In front, or in the direction you are facing or moving.
2. In or for the future.
3. Winning or in a better position than others in a competition.
4. Making good progress toward success.

## Examples
- The island was directly ahead.
- There may be tough times ahead.
- The horse was three lengths ahead going into the final stretch.
- She worked extra hours in hopes of getting ahead at work.

## Antonyms
- astern
- behind

## Derived Forms
- aheadness
- freeze-ahead
- go-ahead
- readahead
- typeahead

## Etymology
From a- + head. Perhaps originally a nautical term, "beyond the head (of a ship)", then drifting into more general English usage where it is used to describe something as being "in front of".

## AI Etymology
Ahead comes from a- plus head. Perhaps originally a nautical term, "beyond the head (of a ship)", then drifting into more general English usage where it is used to describe something as being "in front of". The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adverbial form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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