before (adv.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: earlier , earlier , earlier , earlier , earlier , earlier , earlier , earlier ]

  2. at or in the front; I see the lights of a town ahead; the road ahead is foggy; staring straight ahead; we couldnt see over the heads of the people in front; with the cross of Jesus marching on before

    [ Syn: ahead , ahead , in front , in front , ahead , ahead , in front , in front , ahead , ahead , in front , in front , ahead , ahead , in front , in front ]

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