Definition of put before - Reverso English Dictionary
Phrasal verb
1.
prioritytreat as more important than another
- She always puts her family before her job.
2.
require dealingrequire someone to deal with a situation or problem
- The crisis puts before us an impossible choice.
3.
formalitiespresent formally for consideration or judgment
- The proposal was put before the committee last week.
Terms with put before included in their meaning
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self-sacrifice
put others' needs before one's own
factory-made
made in a factory before being put together or used
cooking technique
put strips of fat or bacon on meat before cooking
technology
default settings put into a device by the maker before sale
abr: prepositioned
put in place before needed
Examples of put before in a sentence
The manager put the team's needs before his own ambitions. The deadline puts before the team a difficult decision. This diagnosis put before him a painful question. The new policy was put before the board for approval. Several options were put before the panel for review.
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- French:faire passer avant, confronter à, ...
- German:voranstellen, jemanden vor etwas stellen, ...
- Italian:mettere prima, porre davanti a, ...
- Spanish:anteponer, plantear a alguien, ...
- Portuguese:priorizar, colocar perante, ...
- Chinese:优先考虑, 使某人面临并必须应对, ...
- Japanese:優先する, 突きつける, ...
- Arabic:قَدَّمَ, وَضَعَ أَمامَ, ...
- Hebrew:לְהַעֲדִיף עַל פְּנֵי, לְהַצִּיב בִּפְנֵי מִישֶׁהוּ, ...
- Russian:ставить выше, ставить перед, ...
- Ukrainian:ставити вище, ставити перед кимось, ...
- Hindi:प्राथमिकता देना, सामना कराना, ...
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