Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In anticipation.
- adverb & adjective In advance; early.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In good pecuniary circumstances; having enough to meet one's obligations and something over; forehanded: as, “rich and much beforehand,”
- In anticipation; in advance.
- Before there is time for anything to be done; before anything is done.
- To be beforehand with, to anticipate; be in advance of; be prepared or ready for.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
- adverb In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by
with . - adverb By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb At an
earlier orpreceding time . - adjective obsolete In comfortable circumstances as regards property;
forehanded .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb ahead of time; in anticipation
- adjective being ahead of time or need
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Examples
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It gives them, as it were, the title beforehand, to make them feel how doubly miserable it must be not only not to obtain it, but to forfeit it after it had been already ours.
The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps Thomas Arnold 1818
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I guarantee new customers will never find you without knowing your name beforehand.
Larry MacDonald: SEO: An Open Letter to CEOs and Boards of Directors Larry MacDonald 2011
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I guarantee new customers will never find you without knowing your name beforehand.
Larry MacDonald: SEO: An Open Letter to CEOs and Boards of Directors Larry MacDonald 2011
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This is the very case I am speaking of; the man should not have married so soon; he should have staid till he had, by pushing on his trade, and living close in his expense, increased his stock, and been what we call beforehand in the world; and had he done thus, he had not been undone by marrying.
The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) Daniel Defoe 1696
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WWD caught up with Cardin beforehand who explained his inspiration: Showing that the brand still exists as a creative force -- that's what drives me.
88-Year-Old Pierre Cardin Returns To Paris Runway After 10 Years (VIDEO, PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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How many more innocent people need to be shot before they realize that an ounce of prevention beforehand is worth more than a ton of punishment afterward?
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Then to conclude with the "serious" message that is supposed to convert those on the fence after already whining, "we hate Obama" over and over again beforehand?
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Luckily, there was a hard drive around that had uploaded his big noggin beforehand, and it was rebooted, albeit to a time before the Civil War storyline when he infamously supported the Superhuman Registration Act. "It was a dark trip, but I feel a real sense of ownership now, which is weird," Fraction explains.
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WWD caught up with Cardin beforehand who explained his inspiration: Showing that the brand still exists as a creative force -- that's what drives me.
88-Year-Old Pierre Cardin Returns To Paris Runway After 10 Years (VIDEO, PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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WWD caught up with Cardin beforehand who explained his inspiration: Showing that the brand still exists as a creative force -- that's what drives me.
88-Year-Old Pierre Cardin Returns To Paris Runway After 10 Years (VIDEO, PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010
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