before
معنی فارسی
پيش از قبل از پيش جلو درحضور
معنی کامل و مثالها
/bē fôr´/adv., prep., conj.
● از پیش، از قبل، پیش، قبل، قبلا
I knew it before
از پیش میدانستم.
I had heard that song before
آن آواز را قبلا شنیده بودم.
come at ten, not before
ساعت ده بیا، نه زودتر.
● پیشاپیش، در جلو، در مقابل
he walked before and his children behind
او در جلو حرکت میکرد و بچههایش در عقب.
he paused before the door
جلو در مکث کرد.
a thought flashed before her mind
فکری به خاطرش خطور کرد.
● مورد بررسی
the matter before the committee
مطلب مورد بررسی کمیته
● زودتر از، پیش از، قبل از
he came in before I expected
زودتر از انتظار من وارد شد.
he left before noon
پیش از ظهر رفت.
the hardest task was before them
شاقترینکار در مقابلشان قرار داشت، با شاق ترین کار مواجه بودند.
sign here before you go
قبل از رفتن اینجا را امضا کن.
● ترجیح
to choose death before dishonor
ترجیح مرگ به بی آبرویی و خفت
I'd die before I'd tell
ترجیح میدهم که بمیرم ولی نگویم.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English 'before', from Old English 'beforan', from 'be-' (intensive prefix) + 'foran' (in front).
مثال
- He stood before the judge in the courtroom.
- Please arrive ten minutes before the meeting starts.
- I had seen the movie before, but I watched it again.
ترکیبهای رایج
Before the deadline Before the exam Before the event Before the war
تعریف انگلیسی
- earlier in time; previously “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”
- at or in the front “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”
مترادفها
I. preposition
1. Preceding, in advance of, ahead of, in front of, in the van of.
2. Prior to, previous to.
3. In the presence of, face to face with, in the sight of.
4. Near the front of, in front of.
5. Under the jurisdiction, judgment, control, or notice of.
II. adverb
1. Toward the front.
2. In advance, farther onward, ahead.
3. Formerly, in time past, of old, already, previously.
4. Hitherto, up to that time.
5. Above, in a former part, in a previous place or passage.