before

before
adv. van tevoren; eerder, tevoren
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conj. voordat
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prep. voor
before1
[ biffo:] 〈bijwoord〉
vooropvooraan, ervoor
vroegereerder, vooraf
in de toekomstop komst, voor (ons) liggend
voorbeelden:
1   look before voor zich kijken
2   three weeks before drie weken geleden/ervoor
     I've been there before ik ben daar nog geweest; 〈informeel; figuurlijk〉ik ken dat al
3   what lies before? wat staat ons te wachten?
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before2
〈voorzetsel〉
〈tijd〉vóórvroeger/eerder dan, alvorens
〈plaats; ook figuurlijk〉voorvoor … uit, tegenover
〈relatieve waarde of belangrijkheid〉voor … opgesteld voor, hoger dan
voorbeelden:
1   before Christmas voor Kerstmis
     before long binnenkort
2   run before the enemy voor de vijand uit vluchten
     a crime before the law een misdaad volgens de wet
     put a bill before parliament een wetsontwerp bij het parlement indienen
     put the problem before the public het publiek met het probleem confronteren
     〈scheepvaart〉 sail before the wind voor de wind zeilen
     what lies before us wat de tijd ons brengen zal
3   put friendship before love vriendschap hoger achten dan liefde
     someone before his time iemand die zijn tijd voor is/was
     before all else bovenal
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before3
〈voegwoord〉
alvorensvoor, eer
voorbeelden:
1   she will die before she will consent/before consenting ze zal eerder sterven dan toe te geven/toegeven

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  • before — before, ahead, forward are comparable when they mean in advance, especially in place or in time. Before is more commonly used in reference to time than to place. Its most frequent implication is previousness or priority {I have heard that before} …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • before — be·fore prep 1: in the presence of then personally appeared before me 2: to be judged or acted on by a case before the court a bill coming up before Congress Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 19 …   Law dictionary

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  • before — O.E. beforan before, in front of, in the presence of, in former times, from P.Gmc. *bi by + *forana from the front, adverbial derivative of *fora (see FOR (Cf. for)). Cf. O.Fris. bifara, O.S. biforan, O.H.G. bifora, Ger. bevor. Contrasting …   Etymology dictionary

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