Ahead of and Prior

Ahead of

Ahead of preposition - Earlier than.
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Prior and ahead of are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prior" instead an adjective phrase "Ahead of".

Prior

Prior adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Ahead of and prior are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ahead of" instead an adjective "Prior".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Pole Position was truly ahead of its time when it was released in 1981, being the first driving game in three dimensions; driving games prior to that use a top-down view instead.
  • Zeppelins from Another World No passengers had ever been injured or killed on a Zeppelin flight since they were invented over thirty years prior, which put them leagues ahead of the era's much smaller and frailer airplanes.
  • The Empire When a border colony attempted to secede several decades prior, the Emperor sent the Space Navy to force its submission, while secretly assembling a volunteer force to travel ahead of the fleet and massacre the population.
    Source: The Empire
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