different between before vs aforesaid
before
English
Alternative forms
- befo (pronunciation spelling)
- befo' (pronunciation spelling)
Etymology
From Middle English before, bifore (adverb and preposition), from Old English beforan, from be- + foran (“before”), from fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“front”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian befoar (“before”), German Low German bevör (“before”), German bevor (“before”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: b?fô?, IPA(key): /b??f??/
- (General American) enPR: b?fôr?, b?fôr?, IPA(key): /b??f??/, /bi?f??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: b?f?r?, IPA(key): /b??fo(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /b??fo?/
- Hyphenation: be?fore
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Preposition
before
- Earlier than (in time).
- In front of in space.
- His angel, who shall go / Before them in a cloud and pillar of fire.
- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again […] she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.
- In the presence of.
- He performed before the troops in North Africa.
- He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
- Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani
- If a suit be begun before an archdeacon […]
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani
- In store for, in the future of (someone).
- In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
- At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
Synonyms
- (earlier than in time): by, no later than, previous to, prior to, ere (obsolete)
- (in front of in space): ahead of, in front of
- (in front of according to an ordering system): ahead of
Antonyms
- (earlier than in time): after, later than
- (in front of in space): behind
- (in front of according to an ordering system): after
Translations
Adverb
before (not comparable)
- At an earlier time.
- In advance.
- At the front end.
- 1896, Hilaire Belloc, The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts, “The Elephant”:
- When people call this beast to mind,
They marvel more and more
At such a little tail behind,
So LARGE a trunk before.
- When people call this beast to mind,
- 1896, Hilaire Belloc, The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts, “The Elephant”:
Synonyms
- (at an earlier time): previously
- (in advance): ahead
- (at the front end): in front
Antonyms
- (at an earlier time): after
- (at the front end): behind
Derived terms
- beforehand
- beforetime
Translations
Conjunction
before
- In advance of the time when.
- before this elaborate treatise can become of universal use and ornament to my native country, two points […] are absolutely necessary.
- (informal) Rather or sooner than.
Synonyms
- (rather than): lest
Translations
References
- before at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
Anagrams
- borfee
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aforesaid
English
Etymology
From afore- +? said.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f??s?d/
Adjective
aforesaid (not comparable)
- Previously stated; said or named before.
Usage notes
When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the, and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. You can put it before a cardinal like the aforesaid two articles instead of the two aforesaid articles.
Synonyms
- abovesaid
- abovementioned
- aforementioned
- mentioned
Antonyms
- following
Translations
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