erenow C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɛrˈnaʊ/ UK /ɛːˈnaʊ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv before now; ere now Had I known erenow, I would never have set out on this road. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · before now; ere now heretoforehithertopreviouslyformerly ↔ Opposites hereafterhenceforth Word family Related forms erenowerewhile Etymology AI details A compound of ere 'before' (Old English ǣr) + now (Old English nū). ǣr Old English nū Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # erenow **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ɛrˈnaʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ɛːˈnaʊ/ ## Meanings 1. before now; ere now ## Examples - Had I known erenow, I would never have set out on this road. ## Synonyms - heretofore - hitherto - previously - formerly ## Antonyms - hereafter - henceforth ## Related Forms - ere - now - erewhile ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ǣr - Root: nū ## Etymology A compound of ere 'before' (Old English ǣr) + now (Old English nū). ## AI Etymology Erenow is a compound of ere 'before' (Old English ǣr) + now (Old English nū). Important recorded forms include ǣr (Old English) and nū (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers before now; ere now. The wider family includes related words such as ere, now, and erewhile. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown