New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: come for · go before · come between · come in for · come up for · lay before · before · come about · come across · come after

come before

(v + prep) TRANSITIVEtar faoi bhráidtar os comhairif the matter comes before the board má thagann an cheist faoi bhráid an bhoirdhe came before the court tháinig sé os comhair na cúirte → see come

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the manager came before long tháinig an bainisteoir sula i bhfad, tháinig an bainisteoir roimh i bhfad, níorbh fhada gur tháinig an bainisteoir
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profit comes before quality tugtar tús áite don bhrabús ar an gcaighdeán, tugtar tús áite don bhrabús de rogha ar an gcaighdeán
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the bill came before the government tháinig an bille faoi bhráid an rialtais, cuireadh an bille os comhair an rialtais
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he came home a week before she died tháinig sé abhaile seachtain sular bhásaigh sí, d'fhill sé abhaile seachtain sula bhfuair sí bás
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she finished just before the teacher came in chríochnaigh sí díreach sular tháinig an múinteoir isteach
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this plate was in the house long before I came here bhí an pláta seo sa teach i bhfad sular tháinig mise anseo
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it was a long time before he came back bhí sé tamall fada sular tháinig sé ar ais, bhí tamall fada ann go dtí gur tháinig sé ar ais, níor fhill sé go ceann i bhfad
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what number comes before billion? cén uimhir a thagann roimh bhilliún?
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the farm comes before everything else tagann an fheirm roimh gach rud eile, tá tús áite ag an bhfeirm ar gach rud eile
come along »

before computers came along sular tháinig ann do na ríomhairí, sula raibh ríomhairí ann
eight »

what number comes before eight? cén uimhir a thagann roimh a hocht?
eighteen »

what number comes before eighteen? cén uimhir a thagann roimh a hocht déag?
eighty »

what number comes before eighty? cén uimhir a thagann roimh ochtó?
eleven »

what number comes before eleven? cén uimhir a thagann roimh a haon déag?
eternity »

it seemed like an eternity before he came back ba shíoraíocht liom gur tháinig sé ar ais
fifteen »

what number comes before fifteen? cén uimhir a thagann roimh a cúig déag?
fifty »

what number comes before fifty? cén uimhir a thagann roimh chaoga?
five »

what number comes before five? cén uimhir a thagann roimh a cúig?
forty »

what number comes before forty? cén uimhir a thagann roimh dhaichead?
four »

what number comes before four? cén uimhir a thagann roimh a ceathair?

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