beforehand
/bɪˈfɔːhænd/ (bre, ipa) · /bɪˈfɔːrhænd/ (ame, ipa) · /bi-ˈfȯr-ˌhand bē-/ (ame, mw)
beforehand — adverb
1. at a point in time before a planned event or action takes place, so that you are
at a point in time before a planned event or action takes place, so that you are ready when it happens.
Omar booked the train tickets beforehand to avoid the holiday rush.
verb + beforehand at end of sentence
If you call the restaurant beforehand, the waiter can save a quiet table by the window.
conditional clause + beforehand
The teacher gave the class a list of questions beforehand so everyone could prepare.
Beatriz washed and chopped all the vegetables beforehand, so cooking the soup took only twenty minutes.
The manager told the new staff beforehand that the meeting would start an hour earlier.
- in advance
very close in meaning; slightly more formal, often used with numbers ('two weeks in advance').
- ahead of time
informal; emphasises being early relative to a deadline.
- previously
wider in scope; refers to any earlier point, not necessarily before a planned event.
- afterwards
after the event rather than before it.
- later
at some unspecified later point.
文法句型
verb + beforehand
用法筆記
Almost always sits at the end of a clause or just before a comma; rarely fronted. Often pairs with planning verbs such as book, warn, tell, prepare, check, arrange.