Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lay before

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables
lay be-fore
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of lie before

verb

to present documents (e.g. secondary legislation, command paper) to some authority, especially a legislature

Transitive verb

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What does lay before mean?
simple past of lie before

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