Dictionary Definition
beforehand adj : being ahead of time or need;
"gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report" [syn:
advance(a),
beforehand(p)]
adv : ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or in
advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead"; "should
have made reservations beforehand" [syn: ahead, in
advance]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adverb
Antonyms
Translations
at an earlier time
- Dutch: vooraf, voorhand
- Finnish: etukäteen
- French: préalablement, à l'avance
- German: vorher, zuvor, davor
- Hebrew: מבעוד מועד (mi'beod mo'ed)
- Japanese: 予め(あらかじめ、arakajime)
- Norwegian: på forhånd
- Portuguese: de antemão
Extensive Definition
Advance may refer to:
- Advance, an offensive push in sports, games, thoughts or military combat
- Advance payment for goods or services
- USS Advance, the name of several ships in the United States Navy
- Game Boy Advance, one generation of Nintendo's Game Boy
- Advance (LFO album), an album by English electronic band LFO, originally released on Warp Records in 1996
- Advancement, a synonym for fundraising
Places in the United States
- Advance, Indiana
- Advance, Michigan
- Advance, Missouri
- Advance, North Carolina
- Advance, Wisconsin
- Advance Township, North Dakota
- Advance, Iowa
beforehand in German: Advance
beforehand in French: Advance
beforehand in Dutch: Advance
beforehand in Polish: Advance
beforehand in Portuguese: Advance
beforehand in Simple English: Advance
beforehand in Volapük: Advance
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ahead,
ahead of time, anachronistic, ante, antedated, before, beforetime, behind time,
behindhand, betimes, dated, earlier, early, fore, foredated, foresightedly, forward, in advance, in
anticipation, late,
metachronistic,
misdated, mistimed, out of date, out of
season, overdue,
parachronistic,
past due, postdated,
precociously,
previous, prochronistic, sooner, tardy, unpunctual, unseasonable