Ahead of the curve


a continuously bending line, without angles.
the act or extent of curving.
any curved outline, form, thing, or part.
a curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc.
railroads. a curved section of track: in the u.s. the curve is often expressed as the central angle, measured in degrees, of a curved section of track subtended by a chord 100 feet (30 meters) long (degree of curve)
also called curve ball. baseball.

a pitch delivered with a spin that causes the ball to veer from a normal straight path, away from the side from which it was thrown.
the course of such a pitched ball.

a graphic representation of the variations effected in something by the influence of changing conditions; graph.
mathematics. a collection of points whose coordinates are continuous functions of a single independent variable.
a misleading or deceptive trick; cheat; deception.
education. a grading system based on the scale of performance of a group, so that those performing better, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject, receive high grades:
the new english professor marks on a curve.
compare (def 10).
a curved guide used in drafting.
to bend in a curve; cause to take the course of a curve.
to grade on a curve.
baseball. to pitch a curve to.
to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve.
having the shape of a curve; curved.
ahead of / behind the curve, at the forefront of (or lagging behind) recent developments, trends, etc.
throw (someone) a curve,

to take (someone) by surprise, especially in a negative way.
to mislead or deceive.

noun
a continuously bending line that has no straight parts
something that curves or is curved, such as a bend in a road or the contour of a woman’s body
the act or extent of curving; curvature
(maths)

a system of points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation; a locus of points
the graph of a function with one independent variable

a line representing data, esp statistical data, on a graph: an unemployment curve
ahead of the curve, ahead of the times; ahead of schedule
behind the curve, behind the times; behind schedule
short for french curve
verb
to take or cause to take the shape or path of a curve; bend
v.

early 15c. (implied in curved), from latin curvus “crooked, curved, bent,” and curvare “to bend,” both from pie root -(s)ker- “to turn, bend” (see ring (n.)).
n.

1690s, “curved line,” from curve (v.). with reference to the female figure (usually plural, curves), from 1862; as a type of baseball pitch, from 1879.

curve (kûrv)
n.

a line or surface that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous fashion.

something characterized by such a line or surface, especially a rounded line or contour of the human body.

a curved line representing variations in data on a graph.

v. curved, curv·ing, curves
to move in or take the shape of a curve.
curve
(kûrv)

a line or surface that bends in a smooth, continuous way without sharp angles.

the graph of a function on a coordinate plane. in this technical sense, straight lines, circles, and waves are all curves.

see: throw a curve

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