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

Investors are instead looking ahead to commentary on 2026, and this morning, there wasn’t much that was new. —Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026

So each year IndyStar takes a look ahead to what projects will be opening in the next 12 months. —Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 11 Jan. 2026

Letterman, in closing his discussion of the topics, looked ahead to 2026’s midterm elections with little hope that any change that comes in politics will impact these shifts in the media’s landscape. —Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Jan. 2026

But looking ahead, abating tariff uncertainty and the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are anticipated to offer a tailwind to capital expenditures this year. —Reade Pickert Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 6 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for look ahead

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