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before preposition

  /biˈfɔɹ/ , /bəˈfɔɹ/ , /bɪˈfo(ː)ɹ/ , /bɪˈfoə/ , /bɪˈfɔɹ/ , /bɪˈfɔː/
  • In front of in space.
 os comhair, os coinne
  • Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
 faoi bhráid, os comhair
le hucht
  • In store for, in the future of (someone).
 os coinne
  • Earlier than (in time).
  • In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
 roimh

before adverb

  /biˈfɔɹ/ , /bəˈfɔɹ/ , /bɪˈfo(ː)ɹ/ , /bɪˈfoə/ , /bɪˈfɔɹ/ , /bɪˈfɔː/
  • At an earlier time.
 cheana, roimhe sin

before conjunction

  /biˈfɔɹ/ , /bəˈfɔɹ/ , /bɪˈfo(ː)ɹ/ , /bɪˈfoə/ , /bɪˈfɔɹ/ , /bɪˈfɔː/
  • In advance of the time when.
 sula
day before yesterday
arú inné
don't count your chickens before they're hatched
ní breac é go raibh sé ar an bport
calm before the storm
ciúnas roimh an doineann, cothú na doininne
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