before, adv.
freq. cnt. 68
freq. cnt. 68
earlier in time; previously
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 86 freq. cnt.: 68 freq. cnt.: 18
before earlier
sample sentences
"I had known her before""as I said before"
"he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"
"her parents had died four years earlier"
"I mentioned that problem earlier"
at or in the front
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 51 freq. cnt.: 30 freq. cnt.: 21
ahead before in front
sample sentences
"I see the lights of a town ahead""the road ahead is foggy"
"staring straight ahead"
"we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"
"with the cross of Jesus marching on before"