beforehand
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2.7
- adverb
- /bɪˈfɔːrhænd/
- It's important to study beforehand if you want to do well on the exam.
- prepare beforehand
- know beforehand
- agree beforehand
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Watch on YouTubeDon't was it done beforehand or was it done after?
- Don't was it done beforehand or was it done after?
- Why didn't he eat the sushi beforehand or after?
- For this, you need to know beforehand if your undertone is warm or cool.
- I didn't know beforehand what a cracked nipple actually entailed.
- Two, you know, I think, think about things beforehand.
- How on earth were the kinks not worked out beforehand?
- And but it comes with a huge warning beforehand.
- Yeah, it's like fighting something that you've done beforehand.
- It's checking yourself as an audience member beforehand.
Examples
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If you do go, be sure and eat beforehand.
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So, I mean, I knew beforehand, but still, I'm sure now.
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So I had game design experience beforehand, so I came in.
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And I know Mark told me beforehand that he had.
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I mean, meet up beforehand and go there together?
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"I suppose I should have thought beforehand about how things might look."
Fiction book (1998) -
You should have thought about this beforehand.
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So jump in, but just know beforehand that having a strong mathematics background helps.
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Community members are asked by teachers beforehand to provide positive feedback and words of encouragement.
Academic text (2001) -
For this, you need to know beforehand if your undertone is warm or cool.
Synonyms
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1.0
Before a certain time in order to be ready
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1.0
Happening before something else in time
295
1.8
Before something happens or someone needs it
82
2.3
Earlier than planned or expected
3
6.3
Before the main action as a first step
Antonyms
How Early
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word beforehand is made of before ('earlier') and hand ('hand'). Think of putting something into your hand before you need it so it is ready, and that's why beforehand means 'in advance'.