know beforehand

Frequency: 8.021.5 per million words

Used to indicate having knowledge of an event or fact before it happens.

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Examples (10)

  • If I had known beforehand, I would have prepared a different speech.
  • Did you know beforehand that the flight would be delayed?
  • We didn't know beforehand about the surprise inspection.
  • It's always better to know the potential challenges beforehand.
  • The organizers should have let us know the schedule beforehand.
  • She has a talent for knowing the outcome of events beforehand.
  • There was no way for them to have known the results beforehand.
  • To plan effectively, we need to know the budget beforehand.
  • He confessed that he had known about the decision beforehand.
  • I wish I could know the future beforehand, but life doesn't work that way.