antes de
adv.
prior to, previous to, previously to, before, ahead of, by
antes de
adj.
prior to, before
antes de
= in anticipation of, prior to, no later than, in advance (of), in the run up to, during the run up to
Ex: It was indeed in anticipation of this development that the first wholesaling conger had been formed in the 1680s. Ex: Prior to his current position, he was Director of Ohio State University Libraries for Public Services. Ex: Abstracts for long papers should be submitted no later than June 20, 2002. Ex: CIP is intended to facilitate the selection and ordering of materials by alerting librarians and others to forthcoming works in advance of their publication. Ex: State libraries are expected to provide leadership in the run up to the 1991 White House Conference on Libraries on issues such as censorship, literacy and multiculturalism. Ex: A good illustration of this is the two-page advertisement placed in the Financial Times during the run up to the 1984 European Parliament election.