Meaning

3 senses

  1. (archaic, transitive)To flee from (something); to run away from (something).

  2. (archaic)To precede (something); to anticipate (something).

  3. (archaic, intransitive)To excel or be better than someone.

Examples

18 sentences

  1. I run before breakfast every morning.

    ruЯ бегаю перед завтраком каждое утро. — Biga

    deIch jogge jeden Morgen vor dem Frühstück. — BraveSentry

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  2. Don't try to run before you can walk.

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  3. Tom ran faster than he'd ever run before.

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  4. Daniel has never run so fast before.

    ruТак быстро Даниэль ещё никогда не бегал. — marafon

    deSo schnell ist Daniel noch nie gelaufen. — Waldelfe

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  5. We'll do a dry run before the show.

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Forms

runs before, running before, ran before, run before
Base formrun before · to run before
3rd person singularruns before
Present participlerunning before
Past simpleran before
Past participlerun before

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun before
he, she, itruns before

Past simpleLesson

all personsran before

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run before
he, she, ithas run before

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run before

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rumplerunA1runawayB1rundownrune
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