before

Do you find yourself frequently misspelling the word before? Our page is here to help! Do you want to know how to pronounce before? Discover the correct spelling, definition, and etymology of this word, along with a collection of sample sentences, idioms, and proverbs featuring before.

This word consists of 6 letters and is spelled as "B-E-F-O-R-E". It has 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

How do you spell before

Typo fix for "before"

before

adverb or adjective

How to pronunciation before: bi-ˈfȯr

What does Before Mean?

What does before meaning in English

1. Sooner than; earlier in time. Heav’nly born, Before the hills appear’d, or fountain flow’d, Thou with eternal wisdom didst converse. Par. Lost, b. vii. Before two months their orb with light adorn, If heav’n allow me life, I will return. Dryden’s Fables.
   
2. In time past. Such a plenteous crop they bore Of purest and well winnow’d grain, As Britain never knew before. Dryden.
   
3. In some time lately past. I shall resume somewhat which hath been before said, touching the question beforegoing. Hale’s Origin of Mankind.

Other definitions for before

The definition of 'before' is: in advance : ahead

How to spell before

Want to know how to spell before, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "before consists of 2 syllables and is spelled "bi-ˈfȯr".

Synonyms for before:

There are synonyms for before'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of before:

afore, ahead of, ere, fore, of, previous to, prior to, to

Some words similar to "before"

• foresters
• forenamed
• forestalling
• foresight
• forebears
• foresman
• forefathers
• foreholding
• forests
• forestaller

Idioms with the word before

• It is always darkest before the dawn
• Look before you leap
• before one can say Jack Robinson
• not count one's chickens before they're hatched
• Calm before the storm
• Don\'t count your chickens before they hatch

The word "before" in works of art

I believe that before all else I am a human being, no less than you - or anyway, no less than those people who call themselves sophisticated and who think they're better than anyone else.

A Doll's House / Henrik Ibsen

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen

Memory is like patches of sunlight in an overcast valley, shifting with the movement of the clouds. Now and then the light will fall on a particular point in time, illuminating it for a moment before the wind seals up the gap, and the world is in shadows again.

The Master of Petersburg / J.M. Coetzee

I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me.

Salman Rushdie / Midnight's Children

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.

The Misanthrope / Molière

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Arthur Conan Doyle

What is before in other languages

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How many points in scrabble for before

How many points is the word "before" in Scrabble? Is "before" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word before is 11

Using Articles in English

English has two types of articles: "a/an" and "the." "A/an" is used for indefinite nouns, which means that you are referring to any member of a group. "The" is used for definite nouns, which means that you are referring to a specific thing or person. For example, you would say "I saw a dog on the street" to refer to any dog, but "I saw the dog on the street" to refer to a particular dog that you and the listener both know. Using articles correctly is important to convey meaning accurately.