run ahead

prendre de l’avance, dépasser

Avancer ou se développer plus vite ou plus loin que les autres, ou dépasser une limite prévue.

En anglais simple : To move or develop further or faster than others, or beyond an expected limit.

• Our costs have run ahead of sales.
• Technology often runs ahead of public understanding.
• The strongest pupils ran ahead of the rest.

Comment l'utiliser : run ahead of someone/something (Costs are running ahead of our budget.)

Synonymes : outpace, outstrip

Contraires : lag behind

Expressions courantes : run ahead of someone, run ahead of expectations

dépasser un autre train

Pour un train, dépasser un autre train en empruntant une voie supplémentaire à côté de la voie principale.

En anglais simple : For a train to pass another train using an extra track beside the main track.

• The express can run ahead here.
• Our train ran ahead of the slower train at a siding.
• The signal allows trains to run ahead using the side track.

Comment l'utiliser : run ahead of another train (The express ran ahead of the goods train at the siding.)

Synonymes : overtake

Expressions courantes : run ahead at sidings, run ahead of trains

exécuter à l’avance

Exécuter des instructions informatiques à l'avance, car leurs résultats pourraient être nécessaires bientôt.

En anglais simple : To carry out computer instructions early because their results may be needed soon.

• The processor can run ahead.
• The system ran ahead to prepare the likely results.
• Running ahead helps the processor avoid waiting for data.

Synonymes : execute speculatively

Expressions courantes : run ahead during execution, run ahead speculatively