before
suomi-englanti sanakirjabefore englannista suomeksi
ennen, aiemmin, aikaisemmin
edellä
Substantiivi
before englanniksi
Earlier than (in time).
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(RQ:Churchill Celebrity)
In front of in space.
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
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In the presence of.
Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
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In store for, in the future of (someone).
(RQ:Carlyle Sartor Resartus)is before us.
(RQ:Dunsany Pegana)
In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
(RQ:KJV)
At an earlier time.
(RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)
In advance in position or sequence; ahead.
At the front end.
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In advance of the time when.
(ant)
(nearsyn)
(RQ:Swift Polite Conversation) are absolutely necessary.
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(cot)
Of before-and-after images: the one that shows the difference before a specified treatment.
(quote-journal)
(quote-book)
(quote-book) Other times we’d laugh at the befores. I’d make a crack, something like, “People should need a special government ID to buy spandex like that. It’s a question of public safety.”
That which occurred or existed previously.
(quote-book) L(quote-gloss) Kirkpatrick|title2=Contemporary Poets|series2=Contemporary Writers of the English Language|edition2=4th|location2=New York, N.Y.|publisher2=St. Martin's Press|St. Martin’s Press|year2=1985|pages2=763–764|pageurl2=https://archive.org/details/contemporarypoet00dict/page/763/mode/1up|isbn2=0-312-16837-3|passage=As all are commanded to yield like the mummy when the dung beetle rolls the sun / before all the befores of the trillion nights past night and day / though I knew that the broken receding mouth of the Sphinx had nothing to add / of resurrection in the history of its grimace.
(quote-book) Voice rising to heaven, pure music, green primal root, mother-sea, before all the befores.
(quote-book)|chapter=I Never Can Say Goodbye|title=What’s on the Menu? All of Me! Literary Entrees Prepared by Walee|location=Lincoln, Neb.|publisher=iUniverse|section=chapter 3|page=55|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780595390410/page/55/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-595-39041-0|passage=I guess I should have known from all the befores / that when it’s all said and done / I don’t want to be / I won’t stand to be / I refuse to be / anything but YOURS