Synonyms for before
bɪˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊrbe·fore

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1. beforepreposition

   Synonyms:
   ahead, previously

   Antonyms:
   after

2. beforeadverb

   in advance of the time when

   I've never done this before.

   Synonyms:
   by, ahead, previously

   Antonyms:
   later, after

3. beforepreposition

   in advance

   He stood before me.

   Synonyms:
   ahead, in front of, previously

   Antonyms:
   after, behind

4. beforeconjunction

   In alphabetical order, cat comes before dog, canine before feline.

   Antonyms:
   after

5. beforeconjunction

   Synonyms:
   lest

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1. before

   Synonyms:
   precedently, anteriorly, antecedently

   Antonyms:
   after, afterwards, subsequently, posteriorly, later, behind

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1. earlier, beforeadverb

   earlier in time; previously

   "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"

   Synonyms:
   in the beginning, originally, ahead, to begin with, sooner, in front, earlier, in the first place

2. ahead, in front, beforeadverb

   at or in the front

   "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross of Jesus marching on before"

   Synonyms:
   forwards, in front, ahead, in advance, earlier, forrader, beforehand, onwards, onward, in the lead, forward, out front

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1. precedently

   plz help all languages most english language synonyms of precedently meaning is not work solve it.

   before synonymous precedently

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1. beforeprep.

   Synonyms:
   preceding

2. beforeprep.

   Synonyms:
   prior to, previous to

3. beforeprep.

   Synonyms:
   in the presence of, face to face with

4. beforeprep.

   Synonyms:
   near the front of, in front of

5. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   toward the front

6. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   in advance, farther onward

7. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   formerly, in time past, of old

8. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   hitherto, up to that time

9. beforeadjective

   Synonyms:
   above, in a former part

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1. beforeprep

   Synonyms:
   preceding, ahead of, anterior to, previously to, prior

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1. List of paraphrases for "before":

   prior, ago, ahead, earlier, previously, soon, front, former, advance, first, above, pre-, sooner, till, formerly, ante, avant, forward, beforehand, pre, prima, imam, przed, against

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1. Samantha Evans:

   The neurologist told me he’d never seen this before, it was terrifying to hear that at 14.

2. David Heath:

   Our policy is basically that if you need to leave early to get somewhere, you come in early to finish your work or make sure all of your responsibilities are handled before you leave. It shows your team that you trust them to handle their own responsibilities.

3. Martin Wong:

   It’s the worst I’ve seen, i’ve not seen the roads flood like this( and) the windows shake like this before.

4. Home Secretary:

   When the security and intelligence agencies tell us that the threat we face is now more dangerous than at any time before or since 9/11 we should take notice.

5. Donald Fennoy:

   There was something shifting that forced us to deal with politics way more than we ever did before. Democracy is messy, i think Covid brought out the hyper messiness.