Definition

Verb: * To move the time on a clock or watch to a later hour; to adjust a timepiece forward.

Usage

This verb is used specifically for the action of changing the time displayed on a clock or watch to a future time. It is the opposite of "set back." This action is commonly done to observe Daylight Saving Time or when traveling eastward across time zones.

Examples

• Basic Usage:
  • Don't forget to set your clocks ahead by one hour tonight for Daylight Saving Time.
  • When we fly to London, we will need to set our watches ahead five hours.

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can be used figuratively to mean to reschedule an event to an earlier date or time.
  • Due to the speaker's availability, the meeting has been set ahead to Thursday.

Variants and Related Words

• Advance (verb): A more general synonym meaning to move something forward in time or position. (e.g., )
• Set forward (verb phrase): A less common but synonymous phrase for adjusting a clock forward.

Synonyms

• Advance
• Move forward

Antonyms

• Set back
• Turn back

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Set forward: (See Variants and Related Words).

Verb

1. move forward
   • we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward