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 definition: previous to; earlier or sooner than. See examples of before used in a sentence.

SHARPES, Fla. – After three years, there’s finally an update to what happened to a father the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office says was murdered. In 2023, just a few months before Frank Orwig, 58, died ...

AOL: Recap: No talk of teacher arrest during Brevard school board meeting

Less than a week after a Cocoa Beach teacher was arrested on multiple sexual offense charges in connection to a relationship with a student, Brevard's school board was scheduled to meet. The topic was ...

A 19-year-old Rockledge man was arrested after Brevard investigators linked him to the cold case shooting death of a 58-year-old Cocoa resident in 2023. Tavery “Cookie” Houston was charged with ...

WESH: Brevard County man arrested after domestic violence incident over phone charger

Florida Today: Human trafficking case nets arrest of Brevard jail deputy, Melbourne man

An investigation into a teen's sexual abuse report uncovered a human trafficking operation in Brevard County. A 26-year-old man was arrested for trafficking the teen, whom he met on Snapchat and ...