Level | A1 |
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Kind | preposition |
Front | before |
IPA | /bɪˈfɔː(r) / preposition |
Back | önce, -den önce |
Back 2 | before (preposition) /bɪˈfɔː(r) / preposition
1 earlier than sb/sth; earlier than the
time that
önce, -den
önce
You
can call me any time before 10 o'clock.
the
week before last
Ellen
worked in Liverpool before moving here.
They
should be here before long (çok geçmeden).
Turn
the lights off before you leave.
2 (formal)
in a position in front of sb/sth
huzuruna, huzurunda,
önüne, önünde
They
knelt before the altar.
You
will appear before the judge tomorrow.
3 in front of sb/sth (in an order)
(yer) önce, önünde
‘H’
comes before ‘N’ in the alphabet.
A
very difficult task lies before us.
a
company that puts profit before safety
4 rather than
-tansa, yerine
I'd
die before I apologized to him!
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