English adverb: before | |||
1. | before earlier in time; previously | ||
Samples | I had known her before. As I said before. He called me the day before but your call had come even earlier. Her parents had died four years earlier. I mentioned that problem earlier. | ||
Synonyms | earlier | ||
2. | before at or in the front | ||
Samples | I see the lights of a town ahead. The road ahead is foggy. Staring straight ahead. We couldn't see over the heads of the people in front. With the cross of Jesus marching on before. | ||
Synonyms | ahead, in front | ||