BEFORE as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • earlier in time
   • previously
   Synonym(s)
   • earlier (what does earlier mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
2. Meaning
   • at or in the front
   Synonym(s)
   • ahead (what does ahead mean?)
   • in front (what does in front mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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