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Definitions for aforehand
əˈfɔrˌhænd, əˈfoʊr-afore·hand
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aforehandadverb
Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
aforehandadjective
Beforehand in condition; forehanded.
He is aforehand with the world.
Etymology: From aforehande, equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Aforehandadverb
beforehand; in anticipation
Aforehandadjective
prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Aforehand
a-fōr′hand, adv. before the regular time of accomplishment: in advance.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of aforehand in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of aforehand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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