phrasal verb · neutral
look ahead (to)
/lʊk əˈhɛd/look·a·HEAD
to think about or plan for the future; to anticipate something
Examples
“Graduates should look ahead to potential career changes in the next decade.”
“I'm really looking ahead to the holiday after exams.”
“As a business, we need to look ahead and invest in sustainable technology.”
Band 8 sentence
“Policymakers must look ahead to the long-term environmental impacts when approving new infrastructure projects.”
Collocations
- look ahead to the future
- look ahead and plan
Word family
Common mistakes
look forward to (used with present participle only)→look ahead to / look forward to + noun/gerund (context dependent)
look ahead for→look ahead to
Say it for a higher band
5plan→6anticipate→7+look ahead (to)
Synonyms
anticipate
Easily confused
look forward to
“I'm really looking forward to the summer holiday.”
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