Before

Meaning

Prep

●

In Time:

Earlier than (in time).

●

In front of in space.

●

In the

of.

●

Under

,

,

of (someone).

●

In

for, in

of (someone).

●

In front of,

a

of

items.

●

At a higher or

than, in a ranking.

Adv

●

In Time:

At an

time.

●

In advance.

●

At the front end.

Conj

●

In Time:

In

of the time when.

●

Rather or

than.

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Origin

before

English

beforan

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

bi

Proto-Germanic

forana

Proto-Germanic

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