before

Naija

Etymology

From: English before

Pronunciation

• ˌbiˈfɔr

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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.)

1. Those wey dey produce no dey produce like before.  — (bbc__59350, __no translation__)

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?)

Translations

• English: no definition