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1 before
• edeltä• edessä• edellä• edelle• ennemmin• edustalle• ennen• ennen kuin• entuudestaan• entisestään• ennestään• eteen• etupuolelle• aiemmin• aikaisemmin kuin• aikaisemmin• alumpana• mieluummin kuin* * *bi'fo: 1. preposition1) (earlier than: before the war; He'll come before very long.) ennen2) (in front of: She was before me in the queue.) edessä3) (rather than: Honour before wealth.) mieluummin kuin2. adverb(earlier: I've seen you before.) aikaisemmin3. conjunction(earlier than the time when: Before I go, I must phone my parents.) ennen kuin -
2 before
edellä -
3 before (very) long
(soon: Come in and wait - he'll be here before long!) ennen pitkää -
4 before (very) long
(soon: Come in and wait - he'll be here before long!) ennen pitkää -
5 before/under one's very eyes
(in front of one, usually with no attempt at concealment: It happened before my very eyes.) aivan nenän edessä -
6 before all
• nimenomaan• varsinkin• ennen kaikkea• erityisesti• etenkin• etupäässä• erittäinkin• pääasiallisesti• semminkin• lähinnä -
7 before all else
• ennen kaikkea -
8 before anything
• ennen kaikkea -
9 before christ
• ekr -
10 before dark
• ennen pimeän tuloa -
11 before image
• esivedos -
12 before long
• ennen pitkää -
13 before mentioned
• edellämainittu -
14 before noon
• e.p.p.• ennen puoltapäivää• aamupäivä• aamupäivisin -
15 before now
• jo -
16 before the mast
• tavallisena matruusina -
17 before the wind
• myötätuuleen -
18 before then
• ennen sitä -
19 before trial
law• esiprosessuaalinen -
20 before-after experiment
• alku-loppumittausasetelma
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Before — Be*fore , prep. [OE. beforen, biforen, before, AS. beforan; pref. be + foran, fore, before. See {Be }, and {Fore}.] 1. In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house. [1913 Webster] His angel, who shall… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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before — [bē fôr′, bifôr′] adv. [ME biforen < OE beforan < be , BY + foran,FORE] 1. in advance; in front; ahead 2. in the past; previously [I ve heard that song before] 3. at an earlier time; sooner [come at ten, not before] prep … English World dictionary
before — before, ahead, forward are comparable when they mean in advance, especially in place or in time. Before is more commonly used in reference to time than to place. Its most frequent implication is previousness or priority {I have heard that before} … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Before — Be*fore , adv. 1. On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; opposed to {in the rear}. [1913 Webster] The battle was before and behind. 2 Chron. xiii. 14. [1913 Webster] 2. In advance. I come before to tell you. Shak. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
before — be·fore prep 1: in the presence of then personally appeared before me 2: to be judged or acted on by a case before the court a bill coming up before Congress Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 19 … Law dictionary
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before — O.E. beforan before, in front of, in the presence of, in former times, from P.Gmc. *bi by + *forana from the front, adverbial derivative of *fora (see FOR (Cf. for)). Cf. O.Fris. bifara, O.S. biforan, O.H.G. bifora, Ger. bevor. Contrasting … Etymology dictionary
before — [adv] earlier afore, aforetime, ahead, ante, antecedently, anteriorly, back, before present, ere, fore, former, formerly, forward, gone, gone by, heretofore, in advance, in days of yore, in front, in old days, in the past, past, precendently,… … New thesaurus
before — ► PREPOSITION , CONJUNCTION , & ADVERB 1) during the period of time preceding. 2) in front of. 3) in preference to; rather than. ORIGIN Old English, from BY(Cf. ↑by) + FORE(Cf. ↑fore) … English terms dictionary
before — be|fore1 W1S1 [bıˈfo: US ˈfo:r] conj 1.) earlier than a particular event or action ≠ ↑after ▪ Say goodbye before you go. ▪ I saw her a few days before she died. see usage note ↑ago 2.) so that something does not or cannot happen ▪ Put that money… … Dictionary of contemporary English