beforehandadverb
uk/bɪˈfɔː.hænd/us/bɪˈfɔːr.hænd/earlier (than a particular time):
I knew she was coming that afternoon because she had phoned beforehand to say so.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Before, after and already
- afore
- after
- afterwards
- already
- ante
- as it is idiom
- following
- front
- gone
- heretofore
- immediate
- in advance idiom
- in advance of sth/sb idiom
- in the wake of sth idiom
- later
- shortly
- subsequent
- successor
- thereafter
- this
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