Beforehand
Beforehand adverb - Before the usual or expected time.
Prior to
Prior to preposition - Earlier than.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- forward and beforehand
- forward and prior to
- early and beforehand
- early and prior to
- ahead and beforehand
- ahead and prior to
- in anticipation and beforehand
- in anticipation and prior to
- before and beforehand
- before and prior to
- preceding and beforehand
- preceding and prior to
- earlier and beforehand
- earlier and prior to
Both terms in one sentence
- Not only will you only be using the Combat Armor for a short period of time prior to getting the Power Armor, but you might even find it beforehandperhaps even before the Metal Armor.
Source: Disc One Nuke / Fallout -
The kicker to this is that he himself did not know this beforehand—prior to his own demise, he asked to forget what he had done.
Source: Webcomic / Jack (David Hopkins) - He gets one big sequence, a brief appearance beforehand, and a wordless bit prior to the climax.
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