Ahead and Preceding

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Ahead

Ahead adjective - Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.

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Preceding and ahead are semantically related in position topic. In some cases you can use "Preceding" instead the word "Ahead" as an adjective or an adverb or a noun, when it comes to topics like advancing, before, in front or advance of.

Preceding

Preceding adjective - Going before another in time or order.

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Ahead and preceding are semantically related in position topic. You can use "Ahead" instead the word "Preceding" as an adjective or an adverb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as advancing, before.

Nearby Words: precede, precedent, precedence, preceded

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In Super Robot Wars W, one of the driving forces of the plot is that the peoples of the universe preceding the last Big Crunch sent various machines and technologies ahead to the present universe to keep a record of their existence.

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