before
/bɪˈfɔr/, /-ˈfoʊr/ prep, conjunction, adv [not gradable] (EARLIER)Definition
› at or during a time earlier than (the thing mentioned): I left early because I wanted to arrive home before dark. Before making up your mind, think about all your options. It was another half hour before (= until) the ambulance finally arrived. Less than a week before, he’d graduated from college. before last › Before last means before the most recent: Today is Monday, so the day before last was Saturday.
(Definition of before prep, conjunction, adv (EARLIER) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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beetle n
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befall v
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befit v
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before long idiom
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before prep IN FRONT
- before prep, conjunction, adv EARLIER
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before you know it idiom
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beforehand adv
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befriend v
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befuddled adj
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beg off idiom
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