| antemeridian | adj sebelum meridian, sebelum tengah hari. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| antecedent | adj (fml) sebelum itu: ~ circumstances, keadaan sebelum itu; ~ to, sebelum: events ~ to the assassination, peristiwa-peristiwa sebelum pembunuhan itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pre | -pref 1. before,sebelum, pra: ~war, sebelum perang; 2. in advance, [various translations]: ~ cooked, pramasak; pre-set the washing machine,set mesin basuh itu terlebih dahulu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pre-war | adjsebelum perang: a ~ building, bangunan sebelum perang; in ~ days, the problem was virtually unknown, pada waktu sebelum perang, masalah itu tdk diketahui sebenarnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| before | prep 1. earlier than, prior to, a. (a specif date, event, occurrence, etc) sebelum: they all left ~ six o’clock, mereka semua bertolak sebelum pukul enam; it must have taken place ~ 1941, kejadian itu pasti telah berlaku sebelum tahun 1941; a few days ~ the final battle, beberapa hari sebelum pertempuran terakhir; the calm ~ the storm, keadaan yg tenang sebelum ribut; ~ the school holidays, sebelum cuti sekolah; b. (in relative time or order) lebih dahulu (drpd), sebelum: | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| time | before o’s ~, a. dating o’s awareness, sebelum zaman sso: those films were before my ~, filem-filem itu ialah filem sebelum zaman saya; b. prematurely, sebelum masanya: hardship has made her look old before her ~, kesusahan membuatnya kelihatan tua sebelum masanya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| unawares | /catch, take/ so. ~, [approp v ] sebelum sso bersedia: the question took the speaker ~, soalan itu dikemukakan sebelum penceramah itu bersedia; the attack caught them ~, serangan itu dilancarkan sebelum mereka bersedia. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| before | conj 1. previous to the time when, sebelum: ~ he could reach the hand brake, the car had started moving, sebelum dia sempat mencapai brek tangan, kereta itu sudah bergerak; I must finish my work ~ I go home, saya mesti menyelesaikan kerja saya sebelum pulang; pay us a visit ~ you leave, kunjungilah kami sebelum tuan berangkat; it was /two, three, etc/ /days, months, etc/ ~ ... , /sesudah, selepas/ /dua, tiga dsb/ /hari, bulan dsb/ barulah ... , /dua, tiga dsb/ /hari, bulan dsb/ kemudian barulah ...: it was several days ~ order could be restored, sesudah beberapa hari barulah ketenteraman dapat dipulihkan; it will be /two, three, etc/ /days, months, etc / ~ ..., /sesudah, selepas/ /dua, tiga dsb/ /hari, bulan dsb/ barulah ..., /dua, tiga dsb/ /hari, bulan dsb/ /lagi, nanti/ barulah ...: it will be five years ~ we meet again, lima tahun lagi barulah kita berjumpa pula; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| antecedent | n 1. st that precedes, approp n + sebelum: ~s of the war, peristiwa-peristiwa sebelum perang itu; the Model T was an ~ of the modern car, Model T adalah kereta yg direka sebelum kereta moden; 2. (ling) anteseden; 3. (in pl) a. ancestry, keturunan: to be proud of o’s ~s, berbangga dgn keturunan sso; b. past history (of person) sejarah hidup: little is known about his ~s, tdk banyak yg diketahui ttg sejarah hidupnya; 4. (math) antejadian, anteseden. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| antedate | vt 1. date back, mengawalkan /tarikh, tanggal/: to ~ a letter, mengawalkan tarikh surat; 2. precede, approp v + sebelum; (of death, marriage, etc) sebelum: the Peruvian Empire ~s that of Mexico, empayar Peru wujud sebelum empayar Mexico; an event that ~s the bombing of Hiroshima, suatu peristiwa yg berlaku sebelum pengeboman Hiroshima; his death ~d his father’s by two years, dia meninggal dua tahun sebelum bapanya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |