What does before mean?

before means "earlier in time; previously". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in before?

before has 2 syllables: be-fore. The stress falls on "fore". In IPA it is /bɪˈfɔɹ/.

What is another word for before?

Close synonyms include earlier, ahead, in front. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is before a common word?

before is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with before?

6 words rhyme with before. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

before — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
earlier in time; previously
“I had known her before”
“as I said before”
“he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier”
“her parents had died four years earlier”
“I mentioned that problem earlier”
Synonymsearlier
2.
at or in the front
“I see the lights of a town ahead”
“the road ahead is foggy”
“staring straight ahead”
“we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front”
“with the cross of Jesus marching on before”
Synonymsahead in front

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