"come before" meaning in All languages combined

See come before on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: comes before [present, singular, third-person], coming before [participle, present], came before [past], come before [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> before}} come before (third-person singular simple present comes before, present participle coming before, simple past came before, past participle come before)
  1. (transitive) To appear publicly in front of someone superior. Tags: transitive Synonyms: precede
    Sense id: en-come_before-en-verb-EeKUmebJ
  2. (transitive) to be of greater importance (than) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-come_before-en-verb-pKr8ht8N
  3. (transitive) to be judged, decided or discussed by authority. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-come_before-en-verb-~lpzPEyi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "before" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 19 68 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "before": 30 15 44 11
  4. (transitive) To precede. Tags: transitive Synonyms (precede): forego
    Sense id: en-come_before-en-verb-p9LnPKkL Disambiguation of 'precede': 1 0 2 96

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for come before meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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        "(transitive) To appear publicly in front of someone superior."
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