before

Adverb

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ahead , in front , earlier