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الفَلْسَفَة
to be five seconds/metres ahead of somebody

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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devancer [dəvɑ̃se] VB trans

1. devancer (avoir de l'avance sur):

devancer
to be ahead of
devancer adversaire, concurrent
to outstrip
pour l'instant, il devance son rival de 12 minutes/2 000 voix/100 mètres
at the moment, he is 12 minutes/2, 000 votes/100 metres ahead of his opponent
un penseur qui a devancé ses contemporains
a thinker who is ahead of his time
dans la course aux exportations, nous avons été devancés par nos concurrents
our competitors have outstripped us in the exports league

2. devancer (précéder):

les pompiers ont devancé la police sur les lieux de l'accident
the fire brigade got to the scene of the accident ahead of ou before the police

3. devancer (anticiper sur):

devancer revendication, désir
to anticipate
devancer attaque, critiques
to forestall, to pre-empt

4. devancer (faire avant la date prévue):

devancer l'appel
to enlist for military service before call-up
devancer l'échéance d'un paiement
to settle a payment before the due date
nettement devancer
clearly
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outpace fig
devancer
pre-empt person
devancer
leapfrog
devancer
to leapfrog over
devancer
fall behind
se laisser devancer par
anticipate person, act
devancer
to meet trouble halfway
devancer les ennuis
to steal a base on sb inf Am
devancer qn
to be ahead of the field business:
devancer les autres

in the PONS Dictionary

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devancer [d(ə)vɑ̃se] VB trans

1. devancer (distancer):

devancer qn de cinq secondes/mètres
to be five seconds/metres ahead of sb Brit
devancer qn de cinq secondes/mètres
to be five seconds/meters ahead of sb Am

2. devancer (être le premier):

devancer rival, concurrent
to lead

3. devancer (précéder):

devancer qn
to go on ahead of sb
devancer qn au feu
to get to the light before sb

4. devancer (aller au devant de):

devancer personne, question
to anticipate

5. devancer (anticiper):

devancer un paiement
to make a payment before the due date
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forestall person
devancer
outstrip
devancer
pre-empt person
devancer
to steal a march on sb
devancer qn
to be a step ahead of sb
devancer qn
to get a jump on sb
devancer qn
to beat sb to it
devancer qn
in the PONS Dictionary
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devancer [d(ə)vɑ͂se] VB trans

1. devancer (distancer):

devancer qn de cinq secondes/mètres
to be five seconds/meters ahead of sb

2. devancer (être le premier):

devancer rival, concurrent
to lead

3. devancer (précéder):

devancer qn
to go on ahead of sb

4. devancer (aller au devant de):

devancer personne, question
to anticipate

5. devancer (anticiper):

devancer un paiement
to make a payment before the due date
English
English
French
French
forestall person
devancer
outstrip
devancer
preempt person
devancer
to steal a march on sb
devancer qn
to beat sb to it
devancer qn
to get a jump on sb
devancer qn
to be a step ahead of sb
devancer qn
Présent
jedevance
tudevances
il/elle/ondevance
nousdevançons
vousdevancez
ils/ellesdevancent
Imparfait
jedevançais
tudevançais
il/elle/ondevançait
nousdevancions
vousdevanciez
ils/ellesdevançaient
Passé simple
jedevançai
tudevanças
il/elle/ondevança
nousdevançâmes
vousdevançâtes
ils/ellesdevancèrent
Futur simple
jedevancerai
tudevanceras
il/elle/ondevancera
nousdevancerons
vousdevancerez
ils/ellesdevanceront
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

devancer qn de cinq secondes/mètres
to be five seconds/metres ahead of sb Brit
devancer qn de cinq secondes/mètres
to be five seconds/meters ahead of sb Am
devancer qn
to go on ahead of sb
devancer qn au feu
to get to the light before sb
devancer un paiement
to make a payment before the due date

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Les cartes de 1878 et de 1903, montrent encore bien nettement la campagne ouverte et labourée au centre de la commune.
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Le nombre de larves peut être évalué via des pièges à œufs (ovitraps) ; il est habituellement nettement plus grand que celui des adultes.
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Certains chercheurs supposent que le pastoralisme était nettement plus important que l'agriculture dans cette culture.
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Tout d'abord, leur espace interne, l´hémocœle apparaît nettement plus petit que chez la plupart des eutardigrades, l'autre grande classe de tardigrades.
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D'abord vu comme progressiste, il devient nettement conservateur par la suite.
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