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before
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before
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before
preposition
A1
UK /bɪˈfɔː/ US /bɪˈfoɹ/
Earlier than (in time).
In front of in space.
In the presence of.
Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
In store for, in the future of (someone).
In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
Example sentences
12250 results
There will always be things I will never learn, I don't have eternity before me!
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"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.
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before
At an earlier time.
+2 meanings
before
Of before-and-after images: the one that shows the difference before a specified treatment.
+2 meanings
before
In advance of the time when.
+1 meaning
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