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before-and-after

before-and-after adjective: describing a pair of images showing the difference made by a specified treatment.

Adjective

before-and-after (not comparable)

  1. Describing a pair of images showing the difference made by a specified treatment
    Synonyms:
    then-and-now

Noun

before-and-after (plural before-and-afters)

  1. A before-and-after pair of images.
    • I got back to my practice in San Francisco, two months went by, when a package from Dr. Toledo arrived with photos of the results. Looking at these before-and-afters of people who we’d seen directly was like one of those amazing moments where time seems to stop and you realize that something...1998, Alan Gaynor, “Tightening the Turkey Neck”, in Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cosmetic Surgery But Couldn’t Afford to Ask: A Complete Look at the Latest Techniques and Why They Are...
    • As for those before-and-afters . . . we wanted them to be real pictures of real guys, just like you. We wanted to show what was achievable for a regular guy in a short 9 weeks. We wanted to give you a hint at how much better the results could be for you personally if you stick with the program...2002, Lou Schuler with Jeff Volek, Michael Mejia, and Adam Campbell, “Our Burgers, Ourselves”, in The Testosterone Advantage Plan: Lose Weight, Gain Muscle, Boost Energy, [Emmaus, Pa.]: Rodale Inc....

Synonyms of before-and-after

Forms of before-and-after

Adjective
alternative formbefore and after
Noun
pluralbefore-and-afters

Questions about before-and-after

What does before-and-after mean?
Before-and-after means describing a pair of images showing the difference made by a specified treatment.
What part of speech is before-and-after?
Before-and-after can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near before-and-after in the dictionary

  1. before times
  2. before you can say Jack Robertson
  3. before you can say Jack Robinson
  4. before you can say knife
  5. before't
  6. before-and-after
  7. before-and-afters
  8. before-hand
  9. before-mentioned
  10. beforecited
  11. beforehand

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