before
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/bɪˈfɔː/]
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1. before (prep) — sense 1
Definition: Earlier than (in time).
Example: I want this done before Monday.
2. before (prep) — sense 2
Definition: In front of in space.
Example: He stood before me.
3. before (prep) — sense 3
Definition: In the presence of.
Example: He performed before the troops in North Africa.
4. before (adv) — sense 4
Definition: At an earlier time.
Example: I've never done this before.
5. before (adv) — sense 5
Definition: In advance in position or sequence; ahead.
Example: We walked behind while they went before.
6. before (adv) — sense 6
Definition: At the front end.
Example: When people call this beast to mind,
They marvel more and more
At such a little tail behind,
So LARGE a trunk before.
7. before (conj) — sense 7
Definition: In advance of the time when.
Example: Near-synonym: no later than
8. before (conj) — sense 8
Definition: Rather or sooner than.
Example: I'll die before I('ll) tell you anything about it.
9. before (noun) — sense 9
Definition: Of before-and-after images: the one that shows the difference before a specified treatment.
Example: On the left of the double column of photographs are the “befores.” Look at them! Fine boys all, yet here is an unformed mouth; there, a fine face just missing strength by a slight over-plumpness of feature; below, a clever face just a shade too “smart”; on the next page, a form too slight and beginning to stoop. On the right are the “afters.”
10. before (noun) — sense 10
Definition: That which occurred or existed previously.
Example: As all are commanded to yield like the mummy when the dung beetle rolls the sun / before all the befores of the trillion nights past night and day / though I knew that the broken receding mouth of the Sphinx had nothing to add / of resurrection in the history of its grimace.
11. before (noun) — sense 11
Definition: A previous form or instance.
Example: A big wind blew all their befores away. Impacted teeth grew over their names. Even the lines in their hands unraveled, these are the lines they stand in to ask for their hands back.
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