Definitions for beforehand
bɪˈfɔrˌhænd, -ˈfoʊr-be·fore·hand

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. advance(a), beforehand(p)adverb

   being ahead of time or need

   "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report"

2. ahead, in advance, beforehandadverb

   ahead of time; in anticipation

   "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead"; "should have made reservations beforehand"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. beforehandadverb

   At an earlier or preceding time.

   Will it be possible to have access to the room beforehand so that we can set up chairs?

2. beforehandadjective

   In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.

   Rich and much beforehand. uE000173321uE001 Francis Bacon.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beforehandadverb

   Etymology: from before and hand.

   1. In a state of anticipation, or preoccupation; sometimes with the particle with.

   Quoth Hudibras, I am beforehand
   In that already, with your command. Hudibras.

   Your soul has been beforehand with your body,
   And drunk so deep a draught of promis’d bliss,
   She slumbers o’er the cup. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

   I have not room for many reflections; the last cited author has been beforehand with me, in its proper moral. Addison.

   2. Previously; by way of preparation, or preliminary.

   His profession is to deliver precepts necessary to eloquent speech; yet so, that they which receive them, may be taught beforehand the skill of speaking. Richard Hooker, b. i.

   It would be resisted by such as had beforehand resisted the general proofs of the gospel. Francis Atterbury.

   When the lawyers brought extravagant bills, Sir Roger used to bargain beforehand, to cut off a quarter of a yard in any part of the bill. John Arbuthnot, History of J. Bull.

   3. In a state of accumulation, or so as that more has been received than expended.

   Stranger’s house is at this time rich, and much beforehand; for it hath laid up revenue these thirty-seven years. Francis Bacon.

   4. At first; before any thing is done.

   What is a man’s contending with insuperable difficulties, but the rolling of Sisyphus’s stone up the hill, which is soon beforehand to return upon him again? Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

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1. beforehand

   Beforehand refers to the time or period preceding a particular event or activity; prior to or in advance of something happening.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beforehandadverb

   in a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with

2. Beforehandadverb

   by way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime

3. Beforehandadjective

   in comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded

How to pronounce beforehand?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of beforehand in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of beforehand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of beforehand in a Sentence

1. Emma Straub:

   I was way less Emma Straub than I had been beforehand, once I did understand the consequences then I was far more able to deal with them. It meant also that I had that material available for conscious thematic use.

2. John Lyndon:

   This man saved Britain. Whatever he got up to in South Africa or India beforehand is utterly irrelevant to the major issue in hand, we are not walking up and down the high street with jackboots and helmets because of that man.

3. Robert Pattinson:

   I kind of realized, I need to be in the perfect balance of serotonin to watch my own stuff. i need to work out beforehand, I need to have an enormous amount of sugar and caffeine. [ Then ] whatever I'm watching, I'm like,' Yes !'.

4. Ryan Curran:

   It's definitely relieving when you see someone breathing again when two, three minutes beforehand they looked lifeless, a couple of pumps of the nasal spray and they're doing better. It's pretty incredible.

5. Ilia Karatsoreos:

   As most of us know, reading on tablets, checking emails on phones, or watching late night TV are a chronic issue, and unfortunately become part of our pre-sleep habits, so while this study seems to argue a single exposure to a tablet does not have a major effect on sleep if one was also exposed to bright light beforehand, it does n’t really address what has become a common ritual for so many of us.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=beforehand
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Beforehand
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=beforehand
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beforehand