Before
In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house.
Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.
An advance of; farther onward, in place or time.
Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than.
In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.
Open for; free of access to; in the power of.
On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear.
In advance.
In time past; previously; already.
Earlier; sooner than; until then.
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Before Quotations
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Albert Einstein
I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.
Muhammad Ali
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.
Albert Einstein
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Muhammad Ali
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali
Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Marilyn Monroe
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Winston Churchill
Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
Winston Churchill
My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.
Winston Churchill
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.
Winston Churchill
Before Translations
before in Afrikaans is voordat, voor
before in Dutch is voor
before in French is avant de, devant, avantque, avant
before in German is bevor, vor, vorn, vorher, bevor, bevor, voran
before in Italian is prima che
before in Latin is antea, prae pre, prae, per antea, priusquam, prius
before in Portuguese is antes
before in Spanish is antes, ante, casamiento, antes de
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