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. Randy Frederick:

   I think the focus will be on Yellen's speeches this week, the market has largely priced in a December hike and it would have to take a pretty significant miss with the jobs report to give the Fed some pause before its next meeting.

2. Gwen Stefani:

   I didn't expect to be doing [ the Vegas show ] and' The Voice' at the same time, i just feel like I'm alive in a way I've never been before, because I have to be ! Because doing both is a lot.

3. Kahlil Gibran:

   Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or the blood of their hearts.

4. Bob Corker:

   To browbeat somebody for just having a question or speak down to someone because they have a concern. To say that they're irrational or they don't understand who we are as a nation, or something like that. Yeah, it doesn't help. It hurts, what would help, and I think this was a universal message in the meeting we just had -- on both sides of the aisle, I might add -- is that someone needs to explain clearly to the American people the processes we go through before we admit refugees.

5. Pascal Saint-Amans:

   The tax world will not be the same before and after this, we are moving into this new era where massive tax planning, massive tax avoidance is over. It will be much more difficult, much more costly and it (profit shifting) will become evasion and no more avoidance.