Local Obituaries Local obituary: Accursio ‘Gus’ Sanfilippo, 55, Gloucester fisherman and captain of the Lily Jean "Gus grew up down on the docks, learning the ropes of the fishing industry from his ...

Local obituary: Accursio ‘Gus’ Sanfilippo, 55, Gloucester fisherman and captain of the Lily Jean

GLOUCESTER – John Thadieu Harris Jr., 87, died peacefully in his Gloucester home on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. He was born in South Norfolk, Va., to the late John T. Sr. and Emma Ferrell Harris, and was ...

The meaning of BEFORE is in advance : ahead. How to use before in a sentence.

Before is a preposition, an adverb and a conjunction. Before means earlier than the time or event mentioned: …

1. In advance of the time when: See me before you leave. 2. Rather than; sooner than: I will die before I will betray my country.

The word before comes from the Old English beforan, meaning “in front of” or “in former times.” Before tells when something happens — don’t hire that guy before you check his references — or the position of something: the library is the last building before the intersection.

Definition of BEFORE in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of BEFORE. What does BEFORE mean? Information and translations of BEFORE in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.

There are 38 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word before, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.