Ahead vs Previous - What's the difference?
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In or to the front; in advance; onward.
Having progressed more.
In the direction one is facing or moving.
in the future, preceding
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, first = Ed
, last = Pilkington
, title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?
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, passage = The Reggie Clemons case has been a cause of legal dispute for the past two decades. Prosecutors alleged that he and his co-defendants brutally cut short the lives of Julie and Robin Kerry, sisters who had just started college and had their whole adult lives ahead of them.
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Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
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(informal, UK) An existing criminal record; short for "previous convictions".
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As an adverb ahead
is in or to the front; in advance; onward.As an adjective previous is
prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.As a noun previous is
an existing criminal record; short for "previous convictions".ahead
English
Adverb
(-)- The island bore but a little ahead of us. --Fielding.
- He is far ahead of his class in math.
- Just ahead you can see the cliffs.
Derived terms
* ahead of one's time * get ahead of oneself * straight aheadAntonyms
* (nautical) astern * behindAnagrams
*previous
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(-)- The dull sound previous to the storm, / Rolls o'er the muttering earth.
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- He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.
- I thought that I had solved the problem, but I was a bit previous .
Synonyms
* former * late * old * See alsoAntonyms
* future * following * next * succeedingNoun
(-)- It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous .
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- 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.