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before [links] UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bɪˈfɔːr/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bɪˈfɔr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bi fôr′, -fōr′) ⓘ One or more forum threads is an exact match of your searched term definition | English Collocations | Conjugator | in Spanish | in French | in context | images beforeWordReference English Thesaurus © 2025Sense: Adverb: earlierSynonyms:ahead Collocations, ahead of time, already Collocations, earlier, previously Collocations, sooner, beforehand Collocations, before now, in front, formerly Collocations, hitherto Collocations, priorly, prior CollocationsAntonyms:after Collocations, afterwards Collocations, afterward, later, later than, subsequently Collocations, following Collocations, in the future, now CollocationsSense: Adverb: in other timesSynonyms:in the past, in the old days, in times past, in the good old days, way back, historically, in olden times, in the old times, in the olden days, in the days of yore, up to now, up till now, till now, until recentlySense: Preposition: in timeSynonyms:prior to, earlier than, sooner than, ahead of, previous to, preceding, in anticipation of, in advance, up to, until, up until, till Collocations (US, slang), 'til (US, slang), afore, to CollocationsAntonyms:after Collocations, afterwards Collocations, afterward, later, later than, subsequently Collocations, following Collocations, in the future, now Collocations, behind Collocations, in the absence ofSense: Preposition: in spaceSynonyms:in front of, ahead of, in advance of, in the leadSense: Preposition: in the presence ofSynonyms:in the presence of, in front of, in the sight ofSense: Preposition: in preference toSynonyms:over Collocations, in preference to, rather than, instead of, sooner thanIs something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

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< before > receiving a return pass - English Only forum " before they'll be allowed" or "before they are allowed" - English Only forum " the" before " comparative degree" - English Only forum < the? > Harry Potter universe [Article before attributive noun] - English Only forum ____(you/met) his cousin before you (see at the party) - English Only forum - Gosh, I've never been this low before. - English Only forum - Later, she insisted that the room was cleaned before we arrived. - English Only forum -ing endings before vowel sounds - English Only forum , as you have done before (too) - English Only forum ,minutes before proceedings were - English Only forum ; and then (semicolon before 'and then') - English Only forum ; while, [while before a comma] - English Only forum . . . with his legs strecthed out straight before him . . . . - English Only forum ... <before and since, in the past and the future>. - English Only forum ... I’ve never seen/ had never seen before - English Only forum ......., please? (comma; punctuation before "please") - English Only forum ...a week before Tommy's gonna ship out... - English Only forum ...and hide the evidence before you know what hit you. - English Only forum ...before we became our own court stenographers - English Only forum …if we did not have it before our eyes to-day among tribes. - English Only forum ...is always used before... - English Only forum ...it won't be too long before he (can come/comes) back... - English Only forum ...it would be even longer before the issue of ... - English Only forum ...never before achieved (sentence completion) - English Only forum ...never...before - English Only forum ...this school/....this school before - English Only forum ...to come before it - English Only forum '' On" or " In" before there/here. - English Only forum ''Before'' with past perfect - English Only forum ''from'' before where is optional? - English Only forum more...Visit the English Only Forum.Help WordReference: Ask in the forums yourself.
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