Ahead Of One's/its Time - Merriam-Webster

: too advanced or modern to be understood or appreciated during the time when one lives or works As a director, he was ahead of his time. His movies are now ... Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut aheadofone's/itstime idiom SaveWord Definitionofaheadofone's/itstime :tooadvancedormoderntobeunderstoodorappreciatedduringthetimewhenonelivesorworks Asadirector,hewasaheadofhistime.Hismoviesarenowregardedasclassics,buttheywereunpopularwhenhemadethem. LearnMoreAboutaheadofone's/itstime Shareaheadofone's/itstime PosttheDefinitionofaheadofone's/itstimetoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofaheadofone's/itstimeonTwitter DictionaryEntriesNearaheadofone's/itstime aheadof aheadofone's/itstime aheadofone'stime SeeMoreNearbyEntries  Statisticsforaheadofone's/itstime Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Aheadofone's/itstime.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ahead%20of%20one%27s%2Fits%20time.Accessed9Nov.2021. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster WORDOFTHEDAY truncate SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary DifficultSpellingWordsQuiz Whichisthecorrectspelling? accommodate acommadate accomodate acommodate Testyourknowledge-andmaybelearnsomethingalongtheway. TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! Merriam-Websterunabridged WordsatPlay “InVinoVeritas”andOtherLatinPhrasestoLiveBy Top10LatinPhrases Merriam-Webster'sWordsoftheWeek-Nov.5 Fromtheweekending11/5/2021 HowtoUse'Lay'and'Lie' TrippingUpEnglishSpeakersfor700Years Merriam-Webster'sGreatBigListofBeautifulandUselessWords,Vol.1 Somemaybemoreusefulthanothers. AsktheEditors 'Everyday'vs.'EveryDay' Asimpletricktokeepthemseparate WhatIs'SemanticBleaching'? How'literally'canmean"figuratively" Literally Howtouseawordthat(literally)drivessomepe... IsSingular'They'aBetterChoice? Theawkwardcaseof'hisorher' WordGames FallBackintoOurAutumnQuiz Whydowecalltheseason‘fall’? Takethequiz OurFavoriteNewWords Howmanydoyouknow? Takethequiz TrueorFalse? Testyourknowledge-andmaybelearnsomethinga... Takethequiz