Befo

Synonyms for "befo" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

in front ahead beforehand earlier previously above advance aforetime ahead of ahead of time already ante before all before now beforetime betimes by by choice

Preposition(2 words)

Adverb(1 words)

Adverb(1 words)

Conjunction(1 words)

Strong matches (33)

by election by vote confronting early ere ere then erenow erewhile erst erstwhile facing first fore foremost foresightedly formerly forward front headmost hereinabove

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hereinbefore heretofore historically hitherto in advance in advance of in anticipation in anticipation of in front of

Adverb(2 words)

earlier in front

Preposition(1 words)

Adverb(1 words)

Related words (56)

Preposition(4 words)

in front of no later than previous to prior to

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preparatory previous previous to prior prior to priorly rather rather than recently short sooner sooner than supra then theretofore till to to come to the fore to the front until up ahead up to whilom yesterday yet

Conjunction(2 words)

inb4 no later than

Adverb(4 words)

previously sometimes thus whilere

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aave african american vernacular english

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She carried me to a young woman to nurse for her what she nursed at Mostor Wilks befo freedom.

Source: wiktionary

I use t'know when Mom was alive, befo Gramps brot me out here," Meersman replies in a delivery so flat as to make her seem not so much a bad actress as a nonactress.

Source: wiktionary

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