[
  {
    "word": "before",
    "phonetic": "/b\u026a\u02c8f\u0254\u02d0/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/b\u026a\u02c8f\u0254\u02d0/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/bi\u02c8f\u0254\u0279/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/before-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=317714"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "At an earlier time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I've never done this before."
          },
          {
            "definition": "In advance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "At the front end.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "previously",
          "in front",
          "ahead"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "after",
          "behind"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Earlier than (in time).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I want this done before Monday."
          },
          {
            "definition": "In front of in space.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He stood before me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "In the presence of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He performed before the troops in North Africa."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule."
          },
          {
            "definition": "In store for, in the future of (someone).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "In alphabetical order, \"cat\" comes before \"dog\", \"canine\" before feline\"."
          },
          {
            "definition": "At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "by",
          "ere",
          "no later than",
          "previous to",
          "prior to",
          "ahead of",
          "ahead of",
          "in front of"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "after",
          "later",
          "after",
          "behind"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "conjunction",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "In advance of the time when.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Rather or sooner than.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'll die before I'll tell you anything about it."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "lest"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/before"
    ]
  }
]