ahead of one's time

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españoladelantado a su época

Françaisen avance sur son temps

Deutschseiner Zeit vorraus

4 more languages

العربيةسَابِق عَصْرِه

Suomiaikaansa edellä

Nederlandszijn tijd ver vooruit zijn tijd vooruit

Portuguêsà frente de seu tempo

Examples

“With his practice of dream ⟳ interpretation by free association, Freud was both ahead of his time and behind his time.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

ahead of schedule ahead of the curve ahead of the game ahead of the pack ahead of time aheadness

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