English-Estonian translations for before

• ennem
  Tahan selgelt väljendada, mida olen ennem avalikult öelnud. I want to make clear what I have said publicly before.
  Olen ennem öelnud, et taoline tava on vastuvõetamatu, kui selle tulemusena maksavad tarbijad kütuse eest, mida nad kasutanud pole, ilma et neid eelnevalt selgelt teavitatud oldaks. I have said before that such a practice is unacceptable if it results in consumers paying for fuel they have not used without their being clearly informed in advance.
• ees
  See toimub meie endi silme ees. This is happening before our eyes.
  Võtan tegelikult ta ees mütsi maha. In fact, I bow down deeply before her.
  Meie ees seisab kriitiline võimalus. And a critical opportunity is before us.
• varem
  Oleme seda varem juba kuulnud. We have heard this one before.
  Seda pole varem kunagi juhtunud. That has never happened before.
  Nagu ma juba varem ütlesin, selline on Euroopa. As I said before, this is Europe.

Definition of before

• Earlier than (in time
• In front of in space
• In the presence of
• Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone
• In store for, in the future of (someone
• In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items
• At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking
• At an earlier time
• In advance
• In advance of the time when
• Rather or sooner than

Synonyms

• no later than
• previous to
• prior to
• in front of
• ahead of

Examples

• I want this done before Monday
• He stood before me
• We sat before the fire to warm ourselves
• He performed before the troops in North Africa.
• He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
• The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule
• In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline
• An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations
• Ive never done this before
• Ill die before Ill tell you anything about it

Related words

• beforehand
• hereinbefore
• before noon
• before present
• before long
• before you know it
• before dark
• before someone's time
• before you can say knife