before

Before now or before a set time

At an earlier time than now or the time mentioned

At an earlier time

Earlier than a planned time or event

At a later time than something else

It happens soon

Something that happened before you were born or before you knew about it

Before it gets dark

A quiet time before something busy or intense happens

To do things in the wrong order

To try something new in a place or way no one has done before

Think carefully about possible risks before you act

To pause and imagine how your words will affect others before you say them

To consider what might happen before you do something

To start with simple tasks before trying harder ones

To give something valuable to people who do not appreciate it

A polite, playful way to let older people go first

A phrase telling women to put their friends before men they date

To do or like something before it becomes popular

It happens very quickly

To vomit into a toilet after drinking too much

To stop and think before you say or do something that causes trouble

Start with basic skills before trying harder tasks

A joking rule that says male friends come before female friends

To leave a job or position before someone forces you out

At a time before the evening meal

Placed after a year number to show the year is before the birth of Jesus Christ

All people get the same treatment under the law

A person who helps plan a crime but is not there when it happens

Profit a company makes before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization

A cricket dismissal when a batsman's leg blocks the ball from hitting the stumps and the umpire signals out