"prior to" meaning in English

See prior to in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} prior to, {{en-prep}} prior to
  1. (formal) before, previous to. Tags: formal Translations (before (formal)): قَبْل (qabl) (Arabic), قبل (ʔabl) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), əvvəl (Azerbaijani), voorafgaand aan (Dutch), ennen kuin (Finnish), im Vorfeld (english: von) (note: but rarer and more formal than "prior", generally use vor) (German), پیش از (piš az) (Persian), antes de (Portuguese), anterior a (Portuguese), до (do) (Russian), перед (pered) (Russian), прежде (prežde) (Russian), innan (Swedish), före (Swedish)

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          "word": "قَبْل"
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          "sense": "before (formal)",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "before (formal)",
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          "sense": "before (formal)",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "before (formal)",
          "word": "antes de"
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          "sense": "before (formal)",
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          "sense": "before (formal)",
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          "roman": "pered",
          "sense": "before (formal)",
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      "sense": "before (formal)",
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      "sense": "before (formal)",
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      "sense": "before (formal)",
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      "sense": "before (formal)",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "before (formal)",
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      "sense": "before (formal)",
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