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beforehand

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be·fore·hand  (b-fôrhnd, -fr-)
adv. & adj.
1. In anticipation.
2. In advance; early.
beforehand
Adjective, adv
early; in advance
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.beforehand - being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report"
advance
early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
Adv.1.beforehand - ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead"; "should have made reservations beforehand"
in advance, ahead
beforehand
adverb in advance, before, earlier, already, sooner, ahead, previously, in anticipation, before now, ahead of time
Translations
beforehand [bɪˈfɔːhænd] adv → de antemano, con anticipación
beforehand [bɪˈfɔːhænd] before adv → au préalable, à l'avance
beforehand [bɪˈfɔːhænd] adv → vorher
beforehand [bɪˈfɔːhænd] adv → in anticipo


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This proceeding of the Indians having been plainly resolved on beforehand, as a means of preventing their being traced, I lost no time in returning to England.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
If you say that all this, too, can be calculated and tabulated--chaos and darkness and curses, so that the mere possibility of calculating it all beforehand would stop it all, and reason would reassert itself, then man would purposely go mad in order to be rid of reason and gain his point
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
He must have been anxious, though no doubt he had collected beforehand on the shores of the Gauls a store of information from the talk of traders, adventurers, fishermen, slave-dealers, pirates - all sorts of unofficial men connected with the sea in a more or less reputable way.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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