before
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: English before
Pronunciation
- ˌbiˈfɔr
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 156
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 95
- Frequency in raw corpus: 5374
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 75
Preposition
- Di love no strong like before. — (BEN_19b_Children-And-Divorce_DG__37, The love is not as strong as it was.)
- Before then pipo don dey complain say di Shehu Shagari goment dey corrupt. — (bbc__26237, __no translation__)
- all dose one wey die before deir wive dem don be widow — (deuber__4711, __no translation__)
- AFP Dis na di before, during and afta foto of Notre-Dame Cathedral Notre-Dame Cathedral: Fire dey burn di ancient church — (bbc__9895, __no translation__)
- Because na girl wey never sabi man before dem like pass! — (jw__23556, __no translation__)
- Open University na for old people, but na before, — (ABJ_NOU_05_Patricias-Lifestory_M__41, Open University is for old people but that was before now.)
- Those wey dey produce no dey produce like before. — (bbc__59350, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- when 0.67 7140, after 0.64 4737, until 0.62 772, wen 0.61 4261, later 0.55 1056, then 0.54 427, never 0.53 1979, if 0.52 11277, till 0.52 679
Antonyms
- when 0.67 7140, after 0.64 4737, until 0.62 772, wen 0.61 4261, later 0.55 1056, then 0.54 427, never 0.53 1979, if 0.52 11277, till 0.52 679
Translations
- English: no definition
Interjection
- Before! — (BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__161, Of course!)
- Before nko? — (LAG_02_Oliver-And-Cy_T__64, How should it be before?)
Derived forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: no definition