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.

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.

Before: Created by Sarah Thorp. With Billy Crystal, Jacobi Jupe, Maria Dizzia, Ava Lalezarzadeh. After tragically losing his wife to suicide, child psychiatrist Eli Adler encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli's past.

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

Before is an American psychological thriller television miniseries created by Sarah Thorp, who also serves as showrunner and is an executive producer, along with Billy Crystal, Adam Bernstein, Eric Roth, and Jet Wilkinson.

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

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.

adv. in front; in advance; ahead: The king entered with macebearers walking before. in time preceding; previously: If we'd known before, we'd have let you know. earlier or sooner: Begin at noon, not before. conj. previous to the time when: Send the telegram before we go. sooner than; rather than: I will die before I submit.