beforehand

[ UK /bɪfˈɔːhænd/ ]
[ US /bɪˈfɔɹˌhænd/ ]
ADVERB
  1. ahead of time; in anticipation
    when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount
    We like to plan ahead
    should have made reservations beforehand
ADJECTIVE
  1. being ahead of time or need
    was beforehand with her report
    gave advance warning
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How To Use beforehand In A Sentence

  • The calced Augustinians also made their elections -- but not so quickly that we could avoid sending to them to remind them not to allow the disturbances of other times to occur in their chapter -- by having made them beforehand through their devotion to the outgoing provincial, who managed the succession for another as worthy as he. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing t
  • I would wear it with hoop earrings and thong sandals that were picked up in Capri beforehand. Times, Sunday Times
  • What occurred in the hours and days beforehand must be considered. The Sun
  • Mind, it is about time that you proposed to Clara, but you ought at least have spoken with your father beforehand.
  • The problem beforehand was that we bolted on security afterwards, which made security a 'disabler'. Silicon.com :
  • Wherefore, upon all these accounts, as well as for all the reasons before mentioned, youth stands in need of good government to manage it in the reading of poetry, that being free from all prejudicate opinions, and rather instructed beforehand in conformity thereunto, it may with more calmness, friendliness, and familiarity pass from thence to the study of philosophy. Essays and Miscellanies
  • It was clear to me beforehand that there had been quite a few changes made.
  • Outstanding performer though he was beforehand, he raised his game after turning 30.
  • But the Conservatives had launched their Labour double whammy and tax bombshell campaigns months beforehand. Times, Sunday Times
  • Apart from self-deprecatory remarks, will he now start to censor himself beforehand with his writers and, worse, when he interacts with his guests on the panel? Michael Russnow: David Letterman Apology Redux: Shame on Dave for Buckling Under to Palin's Lies
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