English - English - before

Pronunciation
adv. previously, in the preceding time
conj. preceding, previous
prep. in front of, in the presence of

English - Spanish - before

Pronunciation
adv. antes, antecedentemente, anteriormente, antes de ahora, delante; adelante
conj. antes de, antes de que
prep. ante, antes de, delante de

English - French - before

Pronunciation
adv. au préalable, précédemment, dans le passé; dans un temps antérieur, avant
conj. avant que, avant
prép. devant, en premier lieu, avant, en présence de

English - German - before

Pronunciation
adv. vorher, zuvor, voran, voraus
conj. vor, bevor
prp. vor, in Anwesenheit von

English - Indonesian - before

Pronunciation
adv. dahulu, dulu, duluan
conj. sebelum, daripada
prep. sebelum, muka: di muka, hadapan: di hadapan, depan: di depan

English - Italian - before

Pronunciation
avv. prima, precedentemente
cong. prima che
prep. prima di; davanti a; innanzi a, dinanzi a; in presenza di; di fronte a

English - Polish - before

Pronunciation
adv. naprzód, pierwej, przedtem, wcześnie, poprzednio
conj. zanim, aż, raczej, niż
prep. przed, wobec

English - Portuguese - before

Pronunciation
adv. antes; em frente; adiante
conj. antes de
prep. antes; na presença

English - Romanian - before

Pronunciation
adv. înainte, faţă: în faţă, frunte: în frunte, înainte: mai înainte, grabă: mai de grabă, curând: mai curând, altădată, odinioară
conj. înainte ca, până ce
prep. dinaintea, faţă: în faţa

English - Russian - before

Pronunciation
нареч. раньше, прежде чем, впереди, вперед, выше
союз до, прежде чем
предл. до, перед, в присутствии, впереди, перед лицом, выше, больше, скорее ... чем

English - Turkish - before

Pronunciation
zf. önce, karşı, önceki, önde, önden
bğ. önce, den önce, mek yerine, mektense, zira
ed. önünde, huzurunda, karşısında, önüne, önde, önce, evvel, ilerisinde

English - Ukrainian - before

Pronunciation
adv. раніше, давніше, колись, попереду, навперед, назаді, напереді, передом, перш, поперед, попередньо, спочатку
conj. перш ніж, поки не, швидше, ніж, до того, як, нім
prep. перед, до, ніж, попереду

English - Dutch - before

Pronunciation
bw. van tevoren; eerder, tevoren
vw. voordat
vz. voor

English - Greek - before

Pronunciation
επίρ. μπροστά, ενώπιο
σύνδ. προτού, προτιμότερο του να, πριν να
πρόθ. μπροστά

English - Arabic - before

Pronunciation
‏قبل، أمام، سابقا، فوق‏
‏من قبل، في حضرة‏

English - ChineseS - before

Pronunciation
(副) 较早; 曾经; 以前; 在前
(连) 在...之前
(介) 较早; 曾经; 以前; 在前#在...之前

English - ChineseT - before

Pronunciation
(副) 較早; 曾經; 以前; 在前
(連) 在...之前
(介) 較早; 曾經; 以前; 在前#在...之前

English - Hindi - before

Pronunciation
adv. पूर्व में, भूत में, उस के पहले, पहले: के पहले, आगे की आ‍ेर, सामने
prep. सामने: के सामने, समक्ष: के समक्ष, पहले: से पहले

English - Japanese - before

Pronunciation
(前) 前に; 面前に; …よりも前に; 前途に
(接) …よりも前に; 先立って
(副) 以前に; 前に

English - Korean - before

Pronunciation
부. 이전에, 일찍이, 이미
접속. 앞서서, ...보다 먼저, 전에, ...하기 전에
전. ...의 앞에, ...의 면전에

English - Vietnamese - before

Pronunciation
a. trước, phía trước, khi trước, ngày trước
conj. trướckhi
prep. đàng trước

Definition of before

Pronunciation
Preposition
1. Earlier than (in time).
I want this done before Monday.
2. In front of in space.
He stood before me.
We sat before the fire to warm ourselves.
3. In the presence of.
He performed before the troops in North Africa.
He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
4. Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule.
5. In store for, in the future of (someone).
6. In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline".
7. At a higher or greater position in a ranking.
An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.
Adverb
8. At an earlier time.
I've never done this before.
9. In advance.
10. At the front end.
11. In advance of the time when
12. Rather or sooner than
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