look ahead

phrasal verb

looked ahead; looking ahead; looks ahead

: to think about what will happen in the future

The past year has been successful and, looking ahead, we expect to do even better in the coming months.

—often + to

Looking ahead to next year, we expect to be even more successful.

Examples of look ahead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Arkansas State 32, Southeast Missouri State 21 — The Red Wolves best not be looking ahead to their showdown with the Razorbacks. —Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025

As the season winds down, the Astros could already look ahead to free agency, as the team's ace, Framber Valdez, is set to become a free agent at the end of the season. —Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025

But looking ahead, La-Z-Boy forecast Q2 sales between $510 million and $530 million, with even the upper figure short of the consensus expectation of $532 million. —Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025

Stock futures edged up on Sunday evening as Wall Street looks ahead to another big week that will feature earnings from AI chip leader Nvidia and another inflation update. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for look ahead

• abovesaid
• aforesaid
• arrowhead
• casinghead
• copperhead
• figurehead
• fountainhead
• gingerbread
• hammerhead
• infrared
• leatherhead
• letterhead