before

Naija

Alternative forms

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed 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

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Preposition

before: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:5248)

   Before  — (jw__3864, __no translation__)

   Before!  — (BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__161, Of course !)

2. dep (frequency:118)

   Unlike before.  — (KAN_03_My-Plans-For-The-Country_DG__122, Unlike before.)

   Di love no strong like before.  — (BEN_19b_Children-And-Divorce_DG__37, The love is not as strong as it was.)

3. conj (frequency:27)

   Nigeria, before and after  — (jw__26830, __no translation__)

   Before, before, before now, XX.  — (NST_cleaned__3942, __no translation__)

4. advmod (frequency:15)

   on Monday just before, di judge Ijeoma Ojukwu, enta di court room.  — (bbc__76936, __no translation__)

   Before then pipo don dey complain say di Shehu Shagari goment dey corrupt.  — (bbc__26237, __no translation__)

5. obl:mod (frequency:13)

   Two times before, Wozniacki don come second for US Open.  — (bbc__96508, __no translation__)

   Dis na afta im don receive informate about di debate 2 months before.  — (bbc__41031, __no translation__)

6. nsubj (frequency:10)

   all dose one wey die before deir wive dem don be widow  — (deuber__4711, __no translation__)

   Before magi na five, na ten naira, but now, four now, twenty naira.  — (ABJ_GWA_04_Tins-Don-Hard-For-Everywhere_DG__36, Before, five cubes of magi were sold for ten naira but now, four cubes are sold for twenty naira.)

7. det (frequency:4)

   Na di before before minister for works and house matter, wey im name be Mr.  — (deuber__6236, __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__)

8. advcl (frequency:4)

   Before even if e bad how, deh bi reach quarter final.  — (bbc__70315, __no translation__)

   Because na girl wey never sabi man before dem like pass!  — (jw__23556, __no translation__)

9. cc (frequency:3)

   And before…  — (ABJ_GWA_07_Waec-Money_DG__98, And before,...)

   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.)

10. discourse (frequency:3)

    Before nko?  — (LAG_02_Oliver-And-Cy_T__64, How should it be before ?)

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

Synonymes

• 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

Antonymes

• 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