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to come before
[phrase form: come]
01
to have a higher priority or importance compared to someone or something else
Example
The safety and well-being of our employees should always come before any other considerations.
In this court of law, justice and fairness come before personal interests.
When making decisions, the needs of the community should come before individual desires.
02
to appear or be presented prior to something else
Example
The appetizers will come before the main course in the dinner menu.
The opening act will come before the headline performer in the concert lineup.
The preliminary findings will come before the detailed analysis in the research report.
03
to stand in front of or face a person or authority for judgment or evaluation
Example
The defendant will come before the judge to present their case in the courtroom.
The accused will come before a disciplinary committee for a hearing on the alleged misconduct.
The witness was nervous as they prepared to come before the grand jury.
Example
The Industrial Revolution came before the Digital Age in the timeline of human progress.
Ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians and Greeks came before the rise of the Roman Empire.
The invention of the telephone came before the development of the internet.
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