come before

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer le fait de comparaître devant une autorité, d'être soumis à un examen ou de précéder quelque chose dans le temps ou dans l'ordre.

A phrasal verb used to indicate appearing in front of an authority, being presented for consideration, or preceding something in time or order.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Precede in time or orderformal

   To happen or exist earlier than something else.

   précéder

   • Spring comes before summer.
   • The introduction comes before the main chapters.
   • In the alphabet, 'A' comes before 'B'.

   Synonymesantecedeantedateforegoprecedepredate

   Antonymesfollowsucceed

2. Appear for judgment or considerationformal

   To appear in front of an authority, such as a judge or committee.

   Comparaître devant

   • The defendant came before the judge this morning.
   • The proposal will come before the board next week.
   • Several witnesses came before the committee to give testimony.

   Synonymesface

Verbe de basecome