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Ago (adjective)
Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
“in days ago/in days agone”
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Ago (adjective)
Nearly gone; dead 19th century]]
“Woe the day- she is agone!”
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Ago (adverb)
before
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Before (preposition)
Earlier than (in time).
“I want this done before Monday.”
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Before (preposition)
In front of in space.
“He stood before me.”
“We sat before the fire to warm ourselves.”
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Before (preposition)
In the presence of.
“He performed before the troops in North Africa.”
“He spoke before a joint session of Congress.”
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Before (preposition)
Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
“The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule.”
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Before (preposition)
In store for, in the future of (someone).
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Before (preposition)
In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
“In alphabetical order, “cat” comes before “dog”, “canine” before feline”.”
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Before (preposition)
At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.
“An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.”
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Before (adverb)
At an earlier time.
“I’ve never done this before.”
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Before (adverb)
In advance.
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Before (adverb)
At the front end.
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Before (conjunction)
in advance of the time when
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Before (conjunction)
rather or sooner than
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Before (preposition)
during the period of time preceding (a particular event or time)
“she had to rest before dinner”
“his playing days had ended six years before”
“it’s never happened to me before”
“the day before yesterday”
“they lived rough for four days before they were arrested”
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Before (preposition)
in front of
“Matilda stood before her, panting”
“trotting through the city with guards running before and behind”
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Before (preposition)
in front of and required to answer to (a court of law, tribunal, or other authority)
“he could be taken before a magistrate for punishment”
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Before (preposition)
in preference to; rather than
“they would die before they would cooperate with each other”
“a skilled warrior who places duty before all else”
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Before (conjunction)
during the period of time preceding (a particular event or time)
“the day before yesterday”
“it’s never happened to me before”
“she had to rest before dinner”
“they lived rough for four days before they were arrested”
“his playing days had ended six years before”
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Before (conjunction)
in front of
“trotting through the city with guards running before and behind”
“Matilda stood before her, panting”
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Before (conjunction)
in preference to; rather than
“they would die before they would cooperate with each other”
“a skilled warrior who places duty before all else”
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Before (conjunction)
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Before (conjunction)
in front of and required to answer to (a court of law, tribunal, or other authority)
“he could be taken before a magistrate for punishment”
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Before (adverb)
during the period of time preceding (a particular event or time)
“it’s never happened to me before”
“the day before yesterday”
“she had to rest before dinner”
“his playing days had ended six years before”
“they lived rough for four days before they were arrested”
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Before (adverb)
in front of
“trotting through the city with guards running before and behind”
“Matilda stood before her, panting”
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Before (adverb)
in preference to; rather than
“they would die before they would cooperate with each other”
“a skilled warrior who places duty before all else”
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Before (adverb)
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Before (adverb)
in front of and required to answer to (a court of law, tribunal, or other authority)
“he could be taken before a magistrate for punishment”