aheadness

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noun

The quality of being ahead.

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Meanings

nounaheadness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being ahead.

    The central oddity of the past future stems from this fact, when considered in the light of the principle of sense: how can it make sense for the speaker to commit himself to aheadness as calculated from a past vantage point?

    2010, Peter Harder, Functional Semantics, page 359

Origin

From ahead + -ness.

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APA

aheadness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aheadness

MLA

“aheadness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aheadness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aheadness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aheadness.

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