Dictionary: “前”

front and rear;front and back;before and behind;back and forth

ahead;forward;(in) front

front garden;front yard

precedent

advance;moving forward;progress

first half of a game;first half of a match

payment in advance;advance payment;prepayment

rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division

advance warning;previous notice;prior announcement

last night;the previous night

unheard-of;unprecedented;unparalleled in history (unparallelled);record-breaking

advance guard;vanguard

advance sale;booking

first term;first half-year;preceding period;early period

front-facing

(preliminary) skirmish

omen;portent;sign;presage;harbinger;premonition;precursor;foreboding;presentiment

personal history

a long time ago;long before now

forelock;bangs

the above sentence;the foregoing remark

antecedents;ancestor;previous position;previous existence;predecessor organization;predecessor organisation

condition;assumption;prerequisite;hypothesis

front part;frontage;facade

in advance;beforehand;previously;ahead of time

future;prospects;outlook

previous day;day before;eve;prior day;preceding day

event held the night before another event;eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)

front part;fore;front

preface;introduction;preamble

(weather) front

previous time;last time;previous installment;previous instalment;previous session

first half

the preceding year;the previous year;last year

moving forward (e.g. plans);acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule);front-loading

aforesaid;above-mentioned;said;above

last week;the week before

preceding fiscal year

night before (Christmas, etc.);eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

vestibule (of the ear)

front line;the front;battlefront;forward area

avant-garde

prelude;preliminary encounter;warm-up match (e.g. before a final)

forward-looking;positive;constructive

having a square front

initial pledge (e.g. election);opening slogan

journey ahead;distance yet to cover

preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.)

intention;intent;aim;goal