Meaning & Definition of Before in English

1. Earlier in time

• Previously

• "I had known her before"

• "As i said before"

• "He called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"

• "Her parents had died four years earlier"

• "I mentioned that problem earlier"

2. At or in the front

• "I see the lights of a town ahead"

• "The road ahead is foggy"

• "Staring straight ahead"

• "We couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"

• "With the cross of jesus marching on before"