Phrase guide

ahead of one's time

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَابِق عَصْرِه (sābiq ʕaṣrih) — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 先見之明 /先见之明 (xiānjiànzhīmíng) — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Danish: forud for sin tid — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Dutch: zijn tijd vooruit — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Dutch: zijn tijd ver vooruit — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Finnish: aikaansa edellä — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • French: en avance sur son temps — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • German: seiner Zeit vorraus — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Hebrew: הִקְדִּים אֶת זְמַנּוֹ (hiqdím et zmanó) — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forut for sin tid — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forut for si tid — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Polish: wyprzedzać swoje czasy — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Portuguese: à frente de seu tempo — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Spanish: adelantado a su época — in advance of commonly accepted ideas
  • Swedish: före sin tid — in advance of commonly accepted ideas