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əˈfɔrˌhænd, əˈfoʊr-afore·hand

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  1. aforehandadverb

    Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.

  2. aforehandadjective

    Beforehand in condition; forehanded.

    He is aforehand with the world.

  3. Etymology: From aforehande, equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Aforehandadverb

    Etymology: from afore and hand.

    Many of the particular subjects of discourse are occasional, and such as cannot aforehand be reduced to any certain account. Government of the Tongue.

    For it will be said, that in the former times, whereof we have spoken, Spain was not so mighty, as now it is; and England, on the other side, was more aforehand in all matters of power. Francis Bacon, Considerations on War with Spain.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aforehandadverb

    beforehand; in anticipation

  2. Aforehandadjective

    prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Aforehand

    a-fōr′hand, adv. before the regular time of accomplishment: in advance.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aforehand in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aforehand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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