"aforehand" meaning in English

See aforehand in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more aforehand [comparative], most aforehand [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English aforehande, equivalent to afore- + hand. Compare Scots aforehaund. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aforehande}} Middle English aforehande, {{prefix|en|afore|hand}} afore- + hand, {{cog|sco|aforehaund}} Scots aforehaund Head templates: {{en-adj}} aforehand (comparative more aforehand, superlative most aforehand)
  1. Beforehand in condition; forehanded.
    Sense id: en-aforehand-en-adj-D6Eh0UCS

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English aforehande, equivalent to afore- + hand. Compare Scots aforehaund. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aforehande}} Middle English aforehande, {{prefix|en|afore|hand}} afore- + hand, {{cog|sco|aforehaund}} Scots aforehaund Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} aforehand (not comparable)
  1. (archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-aforehand-en-adv-m047CLqB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with afore- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with afore-: 43 57

Alternative forms

Download JSONL data for aforehand meaning in English (2.4kB)

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