Phrase guide

straight ahead

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

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adv

Meaning 1

directly ahead, without deviation

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَلَى طُول (ʕalā ṭūl) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Arabic: دغري (duḡrī) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Belarusian: пра́ма (práma) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Belarusian: про́ста (prósta) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Bulgarian: напра́во (naprávo) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Bulgarian: пра́во (právo) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一直 (yīzhí) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Czech: přímo — directly ahead, without deviation
  • French: tout droit — directly ahead, without deviation
  • German: geradeaus — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Japanese: 真っ直ぐ (massugu) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Korean: 곧장 (gotjang) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Korean: 똑바로 (ttokbaro) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Korean: 죽 (juk) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Macedonian: право (pravo) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Polish: prosto — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Russian: пря́мо (prjámo) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏во — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁvo — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Slovak: priamo — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Slovak: rovno — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Slovene: naravnost — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Spanish: de fresa — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Spanish: de frente — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Spanish: recto — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Spanish: derecho — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Ukrainian: пря́мо (prjámo) — directly ahead, without deviation
  • Ukrainian: про́сто (prósto) — directly ahead, without deviation