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View synonyms for beforehand

beforehand

[ bih-fawr-hand, -fohr- ]

adverb

  1. in anticipation; in advance; ahead of time:

    We should have made reservations beforehand. I hope to be beforehand with my report.



beforehand

/ bɪˈfɔːˌhænd /

adjective

  1. early; in advance; in anticipation

    she came an hour beforehand

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of beforehand1

First recorded in 1175–1225, beforehand is from the Middle English word bifor-hand. See before, hand
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Example Sentences

Showings will include a special message from Seth Rogen that will play beforehand.

A call made to police beforehand described Rice as “a guy with a pistol” on a swing set, but said it was “probably fake.”

On the fashion shoot beforehand, he was puppyish energy and charm—no diva-ishness, just fast, funny, and co-operative.

The only other option is to use laser-guided bombs, but even then the target has to be correctly indentified beforehand.

Are you a writer who sits down and outlines things beforehand?

They had read the placards, they wished to see what the placards had announced, and to make their choice beforehand.

Once or twice she took a quiet dinner there alone, having instructed Celestine beforehand to prepare no dinner at home.

When they are ready they hasten in a crowd to the warehouse, where they have entered into a contract beforehand.

On this occasion he was well beforehand with the work, and sent in the cantata to the committee by the 1st of April.

Unless the accounts are made up beforehand, parsons can't avail much at the twelfth hour.

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