beforetime
UK/bɪˈfɔːtʌɪm/
beforetime adverb: formerly, previously.
Adverb
beforetime (not comparable)
- Formerly, previously.
- There was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same cite, used witchecrafte and bewithched the people, sayinge that he was a man that coulde do greate thinges.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts
- Thou shalt see
Gold tarnished, and the grey above the green
And as the thing thou seest thy face shall be
And no more as the thing beforetime seen.1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, “A Ballad of Burdens”, in Poems and Ballads, London: J. C. Hotten, page 145, lines 33–36
beforetime meaning in Tamil
beforetime in Tamil
- முற்காலத்தில்
Origin of beforetime
From before + time.
Questions about beforetime
- What does beforetime mean?
- Beforetime means formerly, previously.
- What is beforetime in Tamil?
- Beforetime in Tamil is முற்காலத்தில். See Beforetime meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is beforetime?
- Beforetime is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce beforetime?
- Beforetime is pronounced /bɪˈfɔːtʌɪm/ (UK).
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