Beforemath

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    What precedes or produces a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring.

    "In the dismal beforemath of Tuesday morning's NPIWP meeting — the concentrated essence of dentists' waiting rooms, with a tinge of what condemned men might have felt before the drop — Tappen was brooding on deadlines."

Etymology

From before + math (“a mowing”), by analogy with aftermath.

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