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beforemath

noun

Etymology

From before + math (“a mowing”), by analogy with aftermath.

  1. derived from *h₂meh₁-✻ — “to mow”
  2. inherited from *mēþą✻ — “a mowing”
  3. inherited from mǣþ — “a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”
  4. inherited from math
  5. compounded as beforemath — “before + math”

Definitions

  1. What precedes or produces a particular outcome

    What precedes or produces a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring.

    • In the dismal beforemath of Tuesday morning's NPIWP meeting — the concentrated essence of dentists' waiting rooms, with a tinge of what condemned men might have felt before the drop — Tappen was brooding on deadlines.

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