beforenessn.

Brit.

/bᵻˈfɔːnəs/, U.S.

/bəˈfɔrnəs/,

/biˈfɔrnəs/

Forms: see before adv., prep., conj., and n. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: before adv., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < before adv. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier aforeness n., foreness n.

The state of coming before, esp. in time; pre-existence, earlier existence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun]

priority?a1475

prevention1544

earliness1575

foregoinga1586

foreness1587

formerness1587

antecedency1598

anteriority1599

precedence1605

pregression1623

antecedencea1626

antecession1629

precedency1634

beforeness1635

earlierness1674

previousness1677

precursorship1856

anteriornessa1866

precession1898

1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. i. xi. 57 In the infinitie of being..therefore there can bee no beforenesse nor afternesse.

1831 J. T. Molesworth Dict. Murathee & Eng. 1048/2 Beforeness, oppositeness, situation so as to front or oppose.

1869 N. Porter Human Intellect (ed. 2) 550 Hence the hereness and thereness, the nowness and thenness, the beforeness and the afterness may be common to many individuals.

1908 ‘Mrs. Willett’ Let. 9 Oct. in Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. (1935) 43 49 The words seemed to form in my brain before the pen set them down, just before, as if tripping on the written word—a sort of hair's-breadth beforeness.

1990 S. S. Tepper Raising Stones ii. i. 210 What am I? Billa asked itself. Why do I wake thus? Where do I find myself? When is this time, beforeness or afterness?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beforeness
释义	beforenessn. Brit. /bᵻˈfɔːnəs/, U.S. /bəˈfɔrnəs/, /biˈfɔrnəs/ Forms: see before adv., prep., conj., and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: before adv., -ness suffix. Etymology: < before adv. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier aforeness n., foreness n. The state of coming before, esp. in time; pre-existence, earlier existence. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] priority?a1475 prevention1544 earliness1575 foregoinga1586 foreness1587 formerness1587 antecedency1598 anteriority1599 precedence1605 pregression1623 antecedencea1626 antecession1629 precedency1634 beforeness1635 earlierness1674 previousness1677 precursorship1856 anteriornessa1866 precession1898 1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. i. xi. 57 In the infinitie of being..therefore there can bee no beforenesse nor afternesse. 1831 J. T. Molesworth Dict. Murathee & Eng. 1048/2 Beforeness, oppositeness, situation so as to front or oppose. 1869 N. Porter Human Intellect (ed. 2) 550 Hence the hereness and thereness, the nowness and thenness, the beforeness and the afterness may be common to many individuals. 1908 ‘Mrs. Willett’ Let. 9 Oct. in Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. (1935) 43 49 The words seemed to form in my brain before the pen set them down, just before, as if tripping on the written word—a sort of hair's-breadth beforeness. 1990 S. S. Tepper Raising Stones ii. i. 210 What am I? Billa asked itself. Why do I wake thus? Where do I find myself? When is this time, beforeness or afterness? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1635
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