English-Latin translations for before

• ante
• anteā
• antequam
• prae
• pro

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