before

1. prep 1. vaqtga nisbatan avval, oldin, ...-gacha

• before dinner tushlikdan avval
• before the war urushgacha
• the day before yesterday kechadan burungi kun, o'tgan kuni

2. o'ringa nichbatan oldida

he stood before us u bizning oldimizda turardi

3. ko'proq, afzalroq, a'loroq

he loves her before himself u uni o'zdan ortiqroq yaxshi ko'radi

2. adv avvalroq, ertaroq, allaqachon

• before long ko'p o'tmay, tez orada
• long before ancha oldi (ilgari)

3. cj eng avval, birinchi navbatda