afore.
Before, temporally.
Meaning & usage
Before, temporally.
Before, in front, spatially.
Before, in front, spatially. In the fore part of a ship.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.
Before; in advance of the time of.
Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.
In advance of the time when; before.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.
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