before
A2Frequent NGSL-1UK /bɪˈfɔː(r)/US /bɪˈfɔːr/
Meaning
adverb
at an earlier time; in the past; already
“You should have told me so before.”
conjunction
earlier than the time when
“Do it before you forget.”
preposition
earlier than somebody/something
“before lunch”
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“saw the mass production of something the world had never seen before.”
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