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(Informal) Too soon; premature
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  1. (Informal) Too soon; premature
  2. (Informal) Acting, occurring, or done too soon; premature or hasty:
  3. Existing or occurring before something else in time or order; prior:
former
Preceding in time; earlier; past
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  1. Preceding in time; earlier; past
  2. First mentioned of two
  3. Having been so in the past:
prior
Preceding in order or importance; preferred
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  1. Preceding in order or importance; preferred
  2. Preceding in importance or value:
  3. Preceding in time; earlier; previous; former
advance
Going before, in front, or forward.
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  1. Going before, in front, or forward.
  2. In front
  3. Made or given ahead of time:
antecedent
Going before; preceding.
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  1. Going before; preceding.
  2. Going or coming before in time, order, or logic; prior; previous; preceding
anterior
(Bot.) On the side away from the main stem
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  1. (Bot.) On the side away from the main stem
  2. Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans.
  3. Coming before in time, order, or logic; previous; earlier
precedent
Something that came before, hence preceded the event currently in question, such as a previously decided case. It may serve as a model for the interpretation of a law, or disposition as a case. Something that came before, hence preceded the event currently in question, such as a previously decided case. It may serve as a model for the interpretation of a law, or disposition as a case.
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  1. Something that came before, hence preceded the event currently in question, such as a previously decided case. It may serve as a model for the interpretation of a law, or disposition as a case. Something that came before, hence preceded the event currently in question, such as a previously decided case. It may serve as a model for the interpretation of a law, or disposition as a case.
  2. That precedes; preceding
preceding
That precedes; going or coming before
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  1. That precedes; going or coming before
  2. Existing or coming before another or others in time, place, or sequence; previous.
previous
(Informal) Too soon; premature
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  1. (Informal) Too soon; premature
  2. (Informal) Acting, occurring, or done too soon; premature or hasty:
  3. Existing or occurring before something else in time or order; prior:
prior
Preceding in order or importance; preferred
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  1. Preceding in order or importance; preferred
  2. Preceding in time; earlier; previous; former
  3. Preceding in importance or value:
antecedent
Going before; preceding.
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  1. Going before; preceding.
  2. Going or coming before in time, order, or logic; prior; previous; preceding
anterior
(Bot.) On the side away from the main stem
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  1. (Bot.) On the side away from the main stem
  2. Located on or near the front of the body in higher animals.
  3. Coming before in time, order, or logic; previous; earlier
foregoing
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
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  1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
  2. Said, written, or encountered just before; previous:
former
Preceding in time; earlier; past
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  1. Preceding in time; earlier; past
  2. First mentioned of two
  3. Having been so in the past:
past
Just gone by or elapsed:
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  1. Just gone by or elapsed:
  2. Having served formerly in a given capacity, especially an official one:
  3. No longer current; gone by; over:
precedent
Something that came before, hence preceded the event currently in question, such as a previously decided case. It may serve as a model for the interpretation of a law, or disposition as a case. Something that came before, hence preceded the event currently in question, such as a previously decided case. It may serve as a model for the interpretation of a law, or disposition as a case.
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  1. Something that came before, hence preceded the event currently in question, such as a previously decided case. It may serve as a model for the interpretation of a law, or disposition as a case. Something that came before, hence preceded the event currently in question, such as a previously decided case. It may serve as a model for the interpretation of a law, or disposition as a case.
  2. That precedes; preceding
preceding
That precedes; going or coming before
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  1. That precedes; going or coming before
  2. Existing or coming before another or others in time, place, or sequence; previous.
previous
(Informal) Too soon; premature
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  1. (Informal) Too soon; premature
  2. (Informal) Acting, occurring, or done too soon; premature or hasty:
  3. Existing or occurring before something else in time or order; prior:
prior
Preceding in order or importance; preferred
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  1. Preceding in order or importance; preferred
  2. Preceding in importance or value:
  3. Preceding in time; earlier; previous; former
Find another word for earlier. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for earlier, like: previous, previously, former, prior, preceding, advance, antecedent, anterior, precedent, preceding and previous.

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  • It wasn't the same place or time as my earlier dreams.

  • "I'm sorry I didn't get up earlier," Carmen said.

  • We would have arrived earlier if we'd driven.

  • Other sessions were tried earlier but when Howie couldn't sleep, Quinn accused him of not working hard enough Martha said.

  • The radio bit was some weeks earlier and he felt the hub-bub had blown over.

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