Usually means: Prior to; earlier in time.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word before:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. before: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. before: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. before: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. before: Collins English Dictionary
  5. before: Vocabulary.com
  6. Before, before, before, befOre: Wordnik
  7. before: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. before: Wiktionary
  9. before: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. before: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. before: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. before: Dictionary.com
  13. before: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. before: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Before (EP), Before (song), Before: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Before: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. before: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. before: Rhymezone
  19. before: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. before: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. before: Free Dictionary
  22. before: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. before: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. before: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. before: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. before: Natural Health glossary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. before: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. before: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  At an earlier time.
adverb:  (chiefly literary or poetic) In advance in position or sequence; ahead.
adverb:  (uncommon) At the front end.

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