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before

be·fore

UK/bɪˈfɔː/ US/bɪˈfoɹ/ very common informal literary

adverb

1.

earlier in time; previously

  • “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
2.

at or in the front

  • “I see the lights of a town ahead”
  • “the road ahead is foggy”
  • “staring straight ahead”
  • “we couldn”
  • “;”
Synonyms

Phrases

  • a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on
  • accessary before the fact
  • accessory before the fact
  • age before beauty
  • before and after
  • before dark
  • before GTA 6
  • before image journal

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