"before-and-after" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} before-and-after (not comparable)
  1. Describing a pair of images showing the difference made by a specified treatment Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: then-and-now
    Sense id: en-before-and-after-en-adj-ofzHW-Yt Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: before and after

Noun

Forms: before-and-afters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} before-and-after (plural before-and-afters)
  1. A before-and-after pair of images.
    Sense id: en-before-and-after-en-noun-8TdOyfay Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: before and after

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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