beforehand
Prior to now
Beforehand means in advance or ahead of time: Let me know beforehand if you can't make it.
It emphasizes preparation or prior action: She had prepared her remarks beforehand.
The word carries a sense of foresight or planning—doing something before it becomes necessary or before an event occurs.
Arranging things in advance
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- organizationStructured group with purpose
coordination · logistics · forethought · groundwork · setup · blueprint · agenda · timetable
Belief about future outcomes
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- predictionForecast of coming events
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
prospect · readiness · apprehension · outlook · prescience · foreknowledge · visualization · speculation
Meant to stop trouble
- preemptiveActing to forestall
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- precautionaryDone to prevent harm
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
thoughtful · vigilant · strategic · prophylactic · circumspect · forward-thinking · judicious · anticipatory
Initial competitive advantage
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- leewayPermissible margin of freedom
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
initiative · precedence · priority · jump · vantage · preeminence · first-mover
preparation
Arranging things in advance
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
organization · coordination · logistics · forethought · groundwork · setup · blueprint · agenda · timetable · roadmap
expectation
Belief about future outcomes
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- predictionForecast of coming events
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
premonition · prospect · readiness · apprehension · outlook · prescience · foreknowledge · visualization · speculation · contemplation
preventive
Meant to stop trouble
- preemptiveActing to forestall
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- precautionaryDone to prevent harm
deliberate · thoughtful · vigilant · strategic · prophylactic · circumspect · forward-thinking · judicious · anticipatory · premeditated
headstart
Initial competitive advantage
opportunity · initiative · precedence · priority · jump · vantage · preeminence · first-mover
beforehandafterward
At a subsequent time
afterwards · after · subsequently · later · after the fact
beforehandbelatedly
After the expected time
tardily · late · behindhand · too late · at the last minute
before, earlier, aforesaid, aforementioned, afore, aforethought