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Before

bɪˈfɔː

Before definitions
adverb
before
  1. during the period of time preceding a particular event or time

    "my playing days had ended six years before"

    previously before now before then until now until then up to now up to then
  2. in front of someone or something

    "they began trotting through the city with guards running before and behind"

conjunction
before
  1. in advance of the time when

    "they lived rough for four days before they were arrested"

  2. in preference to (doing a particular thing)

    "they would die before they would cooperate with each other"

adposition
  1. during the period of time preceding (a particular event or time)

    "she had to rest before dinner"

    prior to previous to earlier than preparatory to in preparation for preliminary to in anticipation of in expectation of
  2. in front of

    "Matilda stood before her, panting"

    in front of in the presence of in the sight of
    • in front of and required to answer to (a court of law, tribunal, or other authority)

      "he could be taken before a magistrate for punishment"

  3. in preference to; rather than

    "a skilled warrior who places duty before all else"

    in preference to rather than sooner than above over instead of