lie ahead

verb

To be going to happen in the future; to be in store.

“Our best days lie ahead.”

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Meanings

verblie ahead (third-person singular simple present lies ahead, present participle lying ahead, simple past lay ahead, past participle lain ahead)

present singular third person lies ahead · participle present lying ahead · past lay ahead · participle past lain ahead

  1. intransitiveTo be going to happen in the future; to be in store.

    Our best days lie ahead.

    1 more example

    Here, too, there is a marked change in the character of the country, for Tondu lies at the foot of the imposing mass of the central group of Glamorgan mountains, betokening the stiff gradients that lie ahead.

    1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 448

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
in store

Translations

Polish czekać, oczekiwać
  • czekaćTranslations
  • oczekiwaćTranslations
  • mieć przed sobąTranslations
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APA

lie ahead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lie%20ahead

MLA

“lie ahead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lie%20ahead. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lie ahead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lie%20ahead.

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