set ahead

1. 1.

   move forward

   “we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward”

   Synonymsadvance

   Broaderset

Questions about set ahead

What does set ahead mean?

set ahead means "move forward".

What is another word for set ahead?

Close synonyms include advance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is set ahead a common word?

set ahead is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.