looking ahead to

Eagerly awaiting what's

Looking ahead to means anticipating or considering something in the future: Looking ahead to retirement, she started saving more aggressively.

The phrase suggests mental preparation or planning for what's coming: Looking ahead to next quarter, we expect stronger sales.

It frames the future event as something worth thinking about now.

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expectation · scheduling · forewarning · on the horizon · what's next · down the road · organization · projection · premonition · preparation · outlook · contingency · aspiration · readiness · forward-thinking · blueprinting · forecasting · big picture

Opposites
temporal orientation

looking ahead torecalling

Bringing to mind again

remembering · living in the past · rehashing · retrospecting · reliving

anticipatory attitude

looking ahead todreading

Anticipating with apprehension

fearing · blocking out

anticipatory stance

looking ahead toregretting

Feeling sorrow over past

mourning · lamenting · second-guessing

Family

look, looking, ahead, looks, looked, looker, lookers, head, heads

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G