Definition: earlier in time; previously
Usage: I had known her before; as I said before; he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier; her parents had died four years earlier; I mentioned that problem earlier
Main entry: ahead, before, in front
Definition: at or in the front
Usage: I see the lights of a town ahead; the road ahead is foggy; staring straight ahead; we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front; with the cross of Jesus marching on before