попереду

Ukrainian[edit]

Possibly a univerbation of по (po) +‎ пе́реду (péredu), locative case of пе́ред (péred). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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попе́реду • (popéredu)

попе́реду • (popéredu)

(with genitive case) ahead of, before, in front of (in time, space or progression)
Попе́реду нас чека́є ще чима́ло тру́днощів і випро́бувань.
Popéredu nas čekáje šče čymálo trúdnoščiv i vypróbuvanʹ.
We still have a lot of difficulties and trials ahead of us.

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “попереду”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “попереду”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “попереду”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
“попереду”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
“попереду”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)