look ahead

verb

To consider the future, to anticipate future events.

“You should forget the past and look ahead.”

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Meanings

verblook ahead (third-person singular simple present looks ahead, present participle looking ahead, simple past and past participle looked ahead)

present singular third person looks ahead · participle present looking ahead · participle past looked ahead · past looked ahead

  1. To consider the future, to anticipate future events.

    You should forget the past and look ahead.

    1 more example

    He will need to look ahead a few years if he wants to make solid and realistic plans for his business.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, ahead: to look in front of oneself.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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