beforehand

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈfɔːhænd/
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• General-American: /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/
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• /bɪˈfo(ː)ɹhænd/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /bɪˈfoəhænd/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH0 F AO1 R HH AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English biforhand, biforhond, beforehonde, bifornhand, equivalent to before + hand. [13th century. After Old French avant main].

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vooraf — at an earlier time
• Azerbaijani: qabaqcadan — at an earlier time
• Azerbaijani: öncədən — at an earlier time
• Belarusian: за́гадзя (záhadzja) — at an earlier time
• Bulgarian: преди (predi) — at an earlier time
• Catalan: de bestreta — at an earlier time
• Chinese Mandarin: 提前 (tíqián) — at an earlier time
• Chinese Mandarin: 事先 (shìxiān) — at an earlier time
• Chinese Mandarin: 先行 (xiānxíng) — at an earlier time
• Chinese Mandarin: 預先 /预先 (yùxiān) — at an earlier time
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭裡 /头里 (tóuli) — at an earlier time
• Czech: předem — at an earlier time
• Danish: på forhånd — at an earlier time
• Danish: i forvejen — at an earlier time
• Dutch: vooraf — at an earlier time
• Dutch: op voorhand — at an earlier time
• Dutch: van tevoren — at an earlier time
• Dutch: bij voorbaat — at an earlier time
• Esperanto: antaŭe — at an earlier time
• Finnish: etukäteen — at an earlier time
• French: préalablement — at an earlier time
• French: auparavant — at an earlier time
• French: au préalable — at an earlier time
• French: à l'avance — at an earlier time
• Galician: de antemán — at an earlier time
• Georgian: წინასწარ (c̣inasc̣ar) — at an earlier time
• Georgian: წინდაწინ (c̣indac̣in) — at an earlier time
• German: vorher — at an earlier time
• German: zuvor — at an earlier time
• German: davor — at an earlier time
• German: im Voraus — at an earlier time
• Greek: εκ των προτέρων (ek ton protéron) — at an earlier time
• Greek: προηγουμένως (proïgouménos) — at an earlier time
• Greek: πρωτύτερα (protýtera) — at an earlier time
• Greek: από πριν (apó prin) — at an earlier time
• Greek: προκαταβολικά (prokatavoliká) — at an earlier time
• Hebrew: מבעוד מועד (mi'beod mo'ed) — at an earlier time
• Hebrew: מראש — at an earlier time
• Hungarian: előzetesen — at an earlier time
• Hungarian: előre — at an earlier time
• Ingrian: etukättee — at an earlier time
• Irish: roimh ré — at an earlier time
• Italian: anticipatamente — at an earlier time
• Italian: precedentemente — at an earlier time
• Italian: in anticipo — at an earlier time
• Japanese: 予め (arakajime) — at an earlier time
• Kazakh: алдын ала (aldyn ala) — at an earlier time
• Korean: 미리 (miri) — at an earlier time
• Latin: antea — at an earlier time
• Manchu: ᡩᠣᡳᡤᠣᠨᡩᡝ (doigonde) — at an earlier time
• Manchu: ᡩᠣᡳᡥᠣᠨᡩᡝ (doihonde) — at an earlier time
• Norwegian: i forkant — at an earlier time
• Norwegian Bokmål: på forhånd — at an earlier time
• Norwegian Bokmål: i forveien — at an earlier time
• Norwegian Bokmål: i forvegen — at an earlier time
• Plautdietsch: verut — at an earlier time
• Polish: uprzednio — at an earlier time
• Polish: wcześniej — at an earlier time
• Polish: zawczasu — at an earlier time
• Polish: z góry — at an earlier time
• Portuguese: de antemão — at an earlier time
• Portuguese: com antecedência — at an earlier time
• Portuguese: antes — at an earlier time
• Portuguese: previamente — at an earlier time
• Portuguese: antecipadamente — at an earlier time
• Portuguese: adiantado — at an earlier time
• Romanian: în prealabil — at an earlier time
• Romanian: mai devreme — at an earlier time
• Romanian: în avans — at an earlier time
• Russian: зара́нее (zaráneje) — at an earlier time
• Russian: заблаговре́менно (zablagovrémenno) — at an earlier time
• Russian: вперёд (vperjód) — at an earlier time
• Russian: наперёд (naperjód) — at an earlier time
• Russian: преждевре́менно (preždevrémenno) — at an earlier time
• Russian: за́годя (zágodja) — at an earlier time
• Scottish Gaelic: ro làimh — at an earlier time
• Slovak: vopred — at an earlier time
• Spanish: de antemano — at an earlier time
• Spanish: anticipadamente — at an earlier time
• Spanish: adelantadamente — at an earlier time
• Spanish: antes — at an earlier time
• Spanish: con anterioridad / antelación — at an earlier time
• Spanish: por adelantado — at an earlier time
• Swedish: på förhand — at an earlier time
• Swedish: i förväg — at an earlier time
• Turkish: öncesinde — at an earlier time
• Turkish: önceden — at an earlier time
• Udmurt: азьло ик (aźlo ik) — at an earlier time
• Ukrainian: заздалегі́дь (zazdalehídʹ) — at an earlier time
• Ukrainian: напере́д (naperéd) — at an earlier time