Third-person singular simple present indicative form of come before

(transitive) To treat (someone or something) as more important than (someone or something else). / (transitive) To display a proposal or idea to (someone) to be considered.

(law) Before the commission of a crime. / Assumed prior to factual study; ipso facto true, good, or correct; a priori

(sometimes humorous) The period of time before a defining, often apocalyptic event, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the preceding day.

Alternative form of beforementioned

Indicates that something is occurring just in time.

(transitive) To appear publicly in front of someone superior. / (transitive) to be of greater importance (than) / (transitive) to be judged, decided or discussed by authority. / (transitive) To precede.

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(transitive, idiomatic) to put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to / (transitive, idiomatic) (especially of something honorific) to be situated in front of