Definition of ahead

• at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldnt see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross of Jesus marching on before"
• toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"
• in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"