(before+adjective)

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• adjective — 1. general. The term adjective was itself an adjective for a hundred years before it became used as a noun for one of the parts of speech. Joseph Priestley, in The Rudiments of English Grammar (1761), was perhaps the first English grammarian to… …   Modern English usage

• before-tax — beˈfore tax adjective TAX relating to the amount that has been earned before tax is paid on it: • This accounted for 6% of their before tax income. • Their before tax profits rose sharply last year. * * * before tax UK US adjective [before noun]… …   Financial and business terms

• before-mentioned — beforeˈ menˈtioned adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑before …   Useful english dictionary

• before mentioned — I adjective above, above cited, above mentioned, above named, above stated, aforehand, aforestated, antecedent, anterior, earlier, foregoing, forementioned, forenamed, former, latter, named, precedent, preceding, precursive, precursory,… …   Law dictionary

• before-and-after — adjective Describing a pair of images showing the difference made by a specified treatment …   Wiktionary

• before the mast — adjective a) Having living quarters in the forecastle b) Describing seamen rather than officers …   Wiktionary

• before — I. adverb or adjective Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English beforan, from be + foran before, from fore Date: before 12th century 1. in advance ; ahead < marching on before > 2. at an earlier time ; previously …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• adjective —  A word that qualifies a noun or pronoun: a brick house, a small boy, a blue dress. Most adjectives have three forms: the positive (big), the comparative (bigger), and the superlative (biggest). Although adjectives are usually easy to recognize… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• adjective — [[t]æ̱ʤɪktɪv[/t]] adjectives N COUNT An adjective is a word such as big , dead , or financial that describes a person or thing, or gives extra information about them. Adjectives usually come before nouns or after link verbs …   English dictionary

• adjective. — screen|ing «SKREE nihng», noun. 1. a) an evaluation to determine acceptability or inclusion; testing. »After the terrorist bombings, luggage screening at airports increased greatly. b) medical diagnostic testing: »cancer screening; mental health… …   Useful english dictionary

• adjective pileup —    Many journalists, in an otherwise commendable attempt to pack as much information as possible into a confined space, often resort to the practice of piling adjectives in front of the subject, as in this London Times headline: Police rape claim …   Dictionary of troublesome word