BEFORE
\bɪfˈɔː], \bɪfˈɔː], \b_ɪ_f_ˈɔː]\
Definitions of BEFORE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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at or in the front; "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"
By Princeton University
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at or in the front; "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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house.
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An advance of; farther onward, in place or time.
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Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than.
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In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
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Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.
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Open for; free of access to; in the power of.
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In advance.
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In time past; previously; already.
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Earlier; sooner than; until then.
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On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; - opposed to in the rear.
By Oddity Software
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In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house.
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An advance of; farther onward, in place or time.
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Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than.
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In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
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Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.
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Open for; free of access to; in the power of.
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In advance.
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In time past; previously; already.
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Earlier; sooner than; until then.
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On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; - opposed to in the rear.
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Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; - sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.
By Noah Webster.
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In front of; coming first in space, time, or rank; in presence or sight of; earlier than.
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In front; in advance; previously; formerly; already.
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Sooner than; rather than.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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At the fore part, or in front of: in presence or sight of: previous to: in preference to: superior to.
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In front: sooner than: hitherto.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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In front; ahead; earlier.
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In front of; ahead of; anterior to; in advance of; in preference to.
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Face to face with; in the presence of.
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Rather than; sooner than.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Farther onward in place, or progress in a place; preceding; previously; already; hitherto. Before the wind, moving in the direction of the wind and by its impulse. Before the mast, not allowed aft the main-mast, as being only a common sailor.
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Preceding in space, in time, or in rank; in front of; in presence or sight of; under the cognizance of; in preference to.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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prep. [Anglo-Saxon] In front of; preceding in space, time, dignity, rank, right or worth;—in presence or sight of; facing; in the power of.
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adv. On the fore part; in front;—in time preceding; already.
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Further onward in place; in the front of, not behind; in the presence of; under the cognizance of; preceding in time; in preference to; prior to; superior to.
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Sooner than, earlier in time; in time past; in some time lately past; previously to; to this time; hitherto; further onward in place.
By Thomas Sheridan
