التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
From Middle English _before_ (adverb and preposition), from Old English _beforan_, from _be-_ + _foran_ (“before”), from _fore_, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European.
From Middle English before (adverb and preposition), from Old English beforan, from be- +
foran (“before”), from fore, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European.
التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bĭfô', IPA(key): /bɪˈfɔː/
* (US) enPR: bĭfôr', IPA(key): /bɪˈfɔːr/, /bəˈfɔːr/
* Hyphenation: be‧fore
* Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
التي في فئةENGLISH - PREPOSITION
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English - Preposition
BEFORE
* Earlier than (in time).
_I want this done BEFORE Monday._
* Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
BEFORE this treatise can become of use, two points are necessary.
* In front of in space.
_He stood BEFORE me._
_We sat BEFORE the fire to warm ourselves._
* John Milton (1608-1674)
His angel, who shall go / BEFORE them in a cloud and pillar of fire.
* 1909, Archibald Marshall, _The Squire's Daughter_, chapterI:
He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again […] she found her mother standing up BEFORE the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.
* Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
_The case laid BEFORE the panel aroused nothing but ridicule._
* John Ayliffe (1676-1732)
If a suit be begun BEFORE an archdeacon […]
* In store for, in the future of (someone).
* Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
The golden age […] is BEFORE us.
* In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
_In alphabetical order, "cat" comes BEFORE "dog", "canine" BEFORE feline"._
* At a higher or greater position in a ranking.
_An entrepreneur puts market share and profit BEFORE quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities BEFORE economical considerations._
* Bible, John i. 15
He that cometh after me is preferred BEFORE me.
* Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
The eldest son is BEFORE the younger in succession.
SYNONYMS
* (earlier than in time): by, no later than
* (in front of in space): ahead of, in front of
* (in front of according to an ordering system): ahead of
ANTONYMS
* (earlier than in time): after, later than
* (in front of in space): behind
* (in front of according to an ordering system): after
TRANSLATIONS
before
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Earlier than (in time).
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I want this done before Monday.
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In front of in space.
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He stood before me.
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We sat before the fire to warm ourselves.
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Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
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The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule.
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In store for, in the future of (someone).
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In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
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In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline".
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At a higher or greater position in a ranking.
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An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.
التي في فئةENGLISH - ADVERB
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English - Adverb
BEFORE (_not comparable_)
* At an earlier time.
_I've never done this BEFORE._
* In advance.
* At the front end.
* 1896, Hilaire Belloc, _The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts_, “The Elephant”:
When people call this beast to mind,
They marvel more and more
At such a little tail behind,
So LARGE a trunk BEFORE.
SYNONYMS
* (at an earlier time): previously
* (in advance): ahead
* (at the front end): in front
ANTONYMS
* (at an earlier time): after
* (at the front end): behind
DERIVED TERMS
* beforehand
* beforetime
TRANSLATIONS
before (not comparable)
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At an earlier time.
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I've never done this before.
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In advance.
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At the front end.
التي في فئةENGLISH - CONJUNCTION
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التي في فئةENGLISH - REFERENCES
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English - References
* Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in _The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition_, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8