ere

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US /ɛr/ UK /ɛə/ See IPA manual

Homophones

Minimal pairs

Sounds like ell /l/ vs /r/ Sounds like l /l/ vs /r/

Meanings

1

prep
before (in time)

They hoped to reach the village ere nightfall.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 prep · before (in time) before previouslysooner than

Opposites

after

Word family

Derived forms erenow erewhileerelong

Related forms early erst erstwhile

Etymology

From Old English ǣr 'before, sooner, earlier', from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of *air 'early'.

ǣr Old English *airiz Proto-Germanic

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