bef.

¹ American

abbreviation

before.

B.E.F. ² American

abbreviation

British Expeditionary Force; British Expeditionary Forces.

BEF British

abbreviation

British Expeditionary Force, the British armies that served in France and Belgium 1914–18 and in France 1939–40

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Example Sentences

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Some of them reportedly went to the official residence of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, Vant Bef Info said.

From BBC

According to local Haitian media outlet Vant Bef Info, on Thursday police officers in the capital Port-au-Prince and in the city of Gonaives took to the streets "in anger" and erected flaming barricades.

From BBC

But Hoover refused to meet with a delegation from the BEF, and then hid out in the White House:

From Salon

Some unfortunate just behind him was pulled out to help hold off the onslaught which must surely come within two or three days, while the last of the BEF was piling into the boats.

From Literature

An account of the BEF's 8th Division's actions includes details of a company coming across an occupied German post at precisely 11:00.

From BBC

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