prep#173 by frequency
before
/bɪˈfɔː/
Earlier than; In front of in space; In the presence of; Under consideration, judgment, authority of
Meanings
- 1
Earlier than (in time)
You got there before us.
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR
They got there before him.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
In front of in space
- 3
In the presence of
- 4
Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone)
- 5
In store for, in the future of (someone)
- 6
In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items
- 7
At a higher or greater position than, in a rankingrare