Usually means: Preparation or action done earlier.
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  1. beforehand: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. beforehand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beforehand: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. beforehand: Collins English Dictionary
  5. beforehand: Vocabulary.com
  6. Beforehand, beforehand: Wordnik
  7. beforehand: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. beforehand: Wiktionary
  9. beforehand: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. beforehand: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. beforehand: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Beforehand, beforehand: Dictionary.com
  13. beforehand: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Beforehand: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Beforehand: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. beforehand: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. beforehand: Rhymezone
  18. Beforehand: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. beforehand: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. beforehand: Free Dictionary
  21. beforehand: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. beforehand: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. beforehand: Legal dictionary

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  1. beforehand: Encyclopedia

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  1. beforehand: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adverb:  At an earlier or preceding time.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
▸ adjective:  (archaic, often followed by with) In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.

Similar:
early, ahead, advance, in advance, antecedently, before, before-hand, earlier on, previously, precedently, more...

Opposite:
afterward, after, later, subsequently

Types:
preliminary, prospective, preparatory, premeditated, more...

Phrases:
determine beforehand, judge beforehand, arranged beforehand, to warn beforehand, feeling beforehand, more...

Adjectives:
long, prepared, ready, certain, little, much, possible, clear, open, necessary, unknown

Colors:
    ivory,     beige,     cream,     light gray,     pale yellow, more...



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Similar:
early, ahead, advance, in advance, antecedently, before, before-hand, earlier on, previously, precedently, more...

Opposite:
afterward, after, later, subsequently

Types:
preliminary, prospective, preparatory, premeditated, more...

Phrases:
determine beforehand, judge beforehand, arranged beforehand, to warn beforehand, feeling beforehand, plan beforehand, decide beforehand, influence beforehand, without knowing beforehand, more...

Adjectives:
long, prepared, ready, certain, little, much, possible, clear, open, necessary, unknown

Colors:
    ivory,     beige,     cream,     light gray,     pale yellow, more...



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