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beforehand

adv
/bɪˈfɔːhænd/UK/bɪˈfɔɹhænd/US/bɪˈfo(ː)ɹhænd/

Etymology

From Middle English biforhand, biforhond, beforehonde, bifornhand, equivalent to before + hand. [13th century. After Old French avant main].

  1. inherited from biforhand

Definitions

  1. At an earlier or preceding time.

    • Will it be possible to have access to the room beforehand so that we can set up chairs?
    • I love playing tennis but I always get so nervous beforehand.
    • Weeks beforehand, I had bought the tickets for the concert.

  2. In comfortable circumstances as regards property

    In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.

    • rich and much beforehand

  3. In a state of anticipation or preoccupation.

    • Agricola […] resolves to be beforehand with the danger.
    • The last cited author has been beforehand with me.
    • […] the medical attendant ought to be rather beforehand with the symptoms of excitement, and to diminish the large quantity of wine before they appear.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at beforehand. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at beforehand. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at beforehand

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA