How to pronounce before
Listen to before in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“before” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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before before the autumn.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 5:50 · hear it here
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We're talking 1916, before television, before radio, before sound film.
National Archives · watch from 13:58 · hear it here
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before delivery -- before proposed -- planned delivery.
CDC · watch from 86:11 · hear it here
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before Act- our system does not before.
Dept of Justice · watch from 26:01 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of before. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.