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What is "before" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does before mean in English? Meaning of before definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "before" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "before": earlier in time; previously

Adverb

  • Meaning: earlier in time; previously
  • Example: I had known her before as I said before he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier her parents had died four years earlier I mentioned that problem earlier
  • Synonyms: before earlier

    • Meaning of "before": at or in the front

    Adverb

  • Meaning: at or in the front
  • Example: I see the lights of a town ahead the road ahead is foggy staring straight ahead we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front with the cross of Jesus marching on before
  • Synonyms: ahead before in front

    • Synonyms:

    previously, ahead, since, back, ante, ere, fore, former, formerly, forward, gone, heretofore, past, previous, sooner, afore, aforetime, antecedently, anteriorly, before present, gone by, in advance, in days of yore, in front, in old days, in the past, precendently, up to now, since, ahead of, ante, ere, preceding, antecedent to, anterior to, in advance of, in front of, previous to, prior to,

    Antonyms:

    afterward, later, after, behind, after, afterward, behind, later,

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