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Another word for earlier

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earlier

modif.

former, previous, prior; see preceding.

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Another word for earlier

adjective

Going before:
advance, antecedent, anterior, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See precede
Just gone by or elapsed:
antecedent, anterior, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See time

adverb

At a time in the past:
already, before, erstwhile, formerly, once, previously. (Archaic) aforetime, beforetime. See precede
Up to this time:
before, heretofore, previously, yet. See precede
Until then:
before, beforehand. See precede

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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.
The radio bit was some weeks earlier and he felt the hub-bub had blown over.
Other sessions were tried earlier but when Howie couldn't sleep, Quinn accused him of not working hard enough Martha said.

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