before
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
before/bɪˈfɔː(r)/
▶preposition, conjunction, & adverb
- 1 during the period of time preceding.
- 2 in front of.
■ in front of and required to answer to (a court of law, tribunal, or other authority).
- 3 in preference to; with a higher priority than.
'before' also found in these Oxford entries:
a
- a
- a-
- a-
- aboriginal
- abortion
- abs-
- AC
- ac-
- acantho-
- acciaccatura
- account
- aceto-
- AD
- ad-
- advance
- aestivation
- af-
- affirmative
- afore
- afore-
- ag-
- ago
- ahead
- al-
- alley-oop
- alpha test
- already
- a.m.
- an
- an-
- an-
- an-
- ana-
- anaesthesia
- ancestor
- ancien régime
- ancient
- and
- angle bead
- ant-
- ante
- ante-
- antebellum
- antecedent
- antedate
- antediluvian
- ante-mortem
- antenatal
- antepartum
