="ident">isbefore</span></span>(<span>self, start: int, end: int, immediately=False) ‑> bool</span>
</code></dt>
<dd>
<div class="desc"><p>Checks if this span is before the other span, i.e. the end of this annotation
is before the start of the other annotation or span.</p>
<p>Note: this can be called with an Annotation or AnnotationSet instead of <code>start</code> and <code>end</code>
(see gatenlp._utils.support_annotation_or_set)</p>
<h2 id="args">Args</h2>
<dl>
<dt><strong><code>start</code></strong