Before
"Before" in Dutch
eerder
(at an earlier time)
op voorhand
(in advance)
vooraf
(in advance)
voordien
(at an earlier time)
voorheen
(at an earlier time)
vroeger
(at an earlier time)
alvorens
(in advance of the time when)
eerder dan
(rather or sooner than)
voor
(in advance of the time when)
vooraleer
(in advance of the time when)
voordat
(in advance of the time when)
voor
(earlier than)
voor
(in store for, in the future of)
voor
(under consideration, judgment, authority of)
voor
(in front of according to an ordering system)
voordat
(earlier than)
vóór
(in front of in space)
vóór
(at a higher or greater position in a subjective ranking)
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