BEFORE meaning: Prior to; earlier in time

We found 35 dictionaries that define the word Before:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

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Before, before, before, befOre: Wordnik
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before: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Before (EP), Before (song), Before: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Business (3 matching dictionaries)

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Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
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Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
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Slang (1 matching dictionary)

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Sports (1 matching dictionary)

Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (before)

▸ adverb:  At an earlier time.
▸ adverb:  (chiefly literary or poetic) In advance in position or sequence; ahead.
▸ adverb:  (uncommon) At the front end.
▸ noun:  Of before-and-after images: the one that shows the difference before a specified treatment.
▸ noun:  (uncommon, often poetic) That which occurred or existed previously.
▸ noun:  (rare) A previous form or instance.

Similar:

earlier, ahead, in front, after, untiled, prior, when, since, once, then, more...

Opposite:

after, following, subsequent, ensuing, post

Types:

preliminary, prologue, introduction, foreword, more...

Phrases:

day before, before this, night before, never before, before long, more...

Adjectives:

look, write, grace, 1000, perform, gone, yucatan, print, our, love, agriculture

Colors:

dawn pink, twilight blue, sunrise orange, antique white, sepia, more...