before betydelse and definition

Betydelse av before på svenska

• 0 at or during a time earlier than (the thing mentioned):

  • You should always wash your hands before meals.

  • Before leaving he said goodbye to each of them.

  • She's always up before dawn.

  • Before he could reach the door, she quickly closed it.

  • Before we make a decision, does anyone want to say anything else?

  • She had to give the doorman a tip before he would help her with her suitcases (= he would not do it until she had given him a tip).

  • It was an hour before the police arrived.

  • He said he had never seen her before.

  • I feel as though I've been here before.

• 1 in front of:

  • The letter K comes before L in the English alphabet.

  • Many mothers put their children's needs before their own.

  • We have the whole weekend before us - what do you want to do?

  • He stood up before a whole roomful of people, and asked her to marry him.

  • The bus stop is just before the school.

  • The proposal before the committee is that we try and reduce our spending by ten percent.

  • The men appeared before the judge yesterday.

• 2 at or during a time earlier than (the thing mentioned):

  • I left early because I wanted to arrive home before dark.

  • Before making up your mind, think about all your options.

  • It was another half hour before (= until) the ambulance finally arrived.

  • Less than a week before, he’d graduated from college.

  • Today is Monday, so the day before last was Saturday.

• 3 in front of:

  • It took courage to stand before a courtroom full of people.