run ahead

verb

To use sidings to pass a different train.

“The culture has run ahead of what people are comfortable with.”

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Meanings

verbrun ahead (third-person singular simple present runs ahead, present participle running ahead, simple past ran ahead, past participle run ahead)

present singular third person runs ahead · participle present running ahead · past ran ahead

  1. To use sidings to pass a different train.
  2. To proceed beyond peers or beyond some limit.

    The culture has run ahead of what people are comfortable with.

  3. transitivecomputingTo execute (code) in advance, anticipating a likely upcoming need for the result.
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APA

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

Chicago

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

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