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Bookmark or Share- BEFORE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.compreposition. previous to; earlier or sooner than: Phone me before noon. in front of; ahead of; in advance of: his shadow advancing before him; She stood before the window. ahead of; in the future of; awaiting: The golden age is before us. in preference to; rather than: They would die before surrendering.
- Before - Grammar - Cambridge DictionaryBefore means earlier than the time or event mentioned: Can you call me back before 5 pm, please? I met her just before she left. Warning: In writing, when we refer back to something that we have already written, we use above not before: As the graph above shows, the rate of inflation has risen by 15%. Before as a preposition.
- Before Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. : in advance : ahead. marching on before. 2. : at an earlier time. the night before. knew her before. before. 2 of 3. preposition. 1. a (1) : forward of : in front of. stood before the fire. (2) : in the presence of. speaking before the conference. b. : under the jurisdiction or consideration of.
- BEFORE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionarybefore. (bɪfɔːʳ ) In addition to the uses shown below, before is used in the phrasal verbs 'go before' and 'lay before'. 1. preposition. If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event. Annie was born a few weeks before Christmas.
- BEFORE | English meaning - Cambridge DictionaryBefore means earlier than the time or event mentioned: …. Before as a preposition. We use before most commonly with noun phrases to refer to timed events: …. Before, by, till, until. If you have to do something before a certain point in time, then when that point arrives, the action must already be completed: ….
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