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before
adverb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BEFORE
so as to precede something in order of time <their arrival was completely expected because a messenger had gone before>
Synonyms afore [chiefly dialect], already, antecedently, anteriorly, before, beforehand, earlier, formerly, preliminarily, previously
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