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Common
prep
•
Earlier
than (
in time
).
•
In front of
in
space
.
•
In the
presence
of.
•
Under
consideration
,
judgment
,
authority
of (someone).
•
In store
for, in
the future
of (someone).
•
In front of
,
according to
a
formal system
of
ordering
items
.
•
At a higher or
greater
position
than, in a
ranking
.
adv
•
At an
earlier
time.
•
In advance
.
•
At the
front end
.
conj
•
In advance of
the time when.
•
Rather or
sooner
than.
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befo
thus
pre-
ere
ahead of
previous to
prior to
in front of
no later than
Related
prior
once
since
when
previously
till
earlier
above
without
then
within
during
already
with
through
ever
upon
ago
for
about
in
to
at
below
thereafter
afterwards
on
imagined
first
ending
under
from
of
imagine
yet
rather than
ever since
instead of
ahead of time
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Opposite
after
beyond
then
later than
Rhymes
ore
war
for
oar
cor
pure
hoar
door
soar
cure
lore
core
Thor
Muir
your
more
yore
poor
pore
rore
tour
roar
moor
tore
four
Dore
pour
bore
wore
sore
gore
o'er
fore
boar
spore
afore
shore
corps
store
snore
ybore
adore
chore
floor
crore
swore
score
fore-
funny
whore
aroar
abore
decor
s'more
insure
galore
mature
before
bewore
ensure
ignore
ashore
anymore
obscure
implore
procure
explore
deplore
restore
metaphor
Fervidor
Elsinore
hardcore
albacore
Messidor
Fructidor
multicore
Thermidor
man-of-war
kwashiorkor
xenophyophore
any more
louis d'or
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Lineage
before
English
beforan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
bi
Proto-Germanic
forana
Proto-Germanic
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