come before
come
ˈkʌm
kam
be
bÉĒ
bi
fore
fo:r
for
/kˈʌm bÉĒfˈɔː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "come before"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to come before
[phrase form: come]
01

āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have a higher priority or importance compared to someone or something else
to come before definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In this court of law, justice and fairness come before personal interests.
āĻāχ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧇, āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāϤāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϗ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤
02

āφāϗ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āφāϗ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to appear or be presented prior to something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The opening act will come before the headline performer in the concert lineup.
āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āϞāĻžāχāύāφāĻĒ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦ⧇ āĻ“āĻĒ⧇āύāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟāĨ¤
03

āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϜāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stand in front of or face a person or authority for judgment or evaluation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The defendant will come before the judge to present their case in the courtroom.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āϖ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϟāϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
04

āφāϗ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ⧇ āφāϗ⧇ āϘāϟāύāĻž

to exist or occur earlier in time or history
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians and Greeks came before the rise of the Roman Empire.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āϏāĻ­ā§āϝāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāϰ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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