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before and after

before and after is the alternative form of before-and-after.

Meaning of before-and-after

Adjective

before-and-after (not comparable)

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

See all 2 meanings of before-and-after

Forms of before and after

pluralbefore and afters

Questions about before and after

What is before and after the alternative form of?
Before and after is the alternative form of before-and-after.

Words near before and after in the dictionary

  1. befoozled
  2. befoozles
  3. befoozling
  4. befor
  5. before
  6. before and after
  7. before and afters
  8. before dark
  9. before GTA 6
  10. before image journal
  11. before image journals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: before and after (page history and authors); before-and-after (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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