Ahead of
Ahead of preposition - Earlier than.
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Beforehand and ahead of are semantically related in position topic. In some cases you can use "Beforehand" instead an adjective phrase "Ahead of", when it comes to topics like time.
Beforehand
Beforehand adjective - Being ahead of time or need.
Ahead of and beforehand are semantically related in position topic. Sometimes you can use "Ahead of" instead an adjective "Beforehand", if it concerns topics such as time.
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- Once you know this ahead of time, you can make the fight very easy by confiscating all their stuff beforehand.
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Hes a step ahead of them, though, and so sabotaged their testing kits beforehand.
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Subsequently and in true Troll fashion, he suddenly appeared in-game as a future release, despite no official announcement beforehand that he would become a playable (and ahead of some other previously-announced names).
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