ere
/ɛr/
preposition
- Before (a time or event). Used mainly in old-fashioned or poetic language.
- She promised to finish the work ere the deadline.
- Ere the sun rises, the farmers are already in the fields.
- Ere long, the storm passed and the sky cleared.
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conjunction
- Before (something happens). Used mainly in old-fashioned or poetic language.
- Ere he could speak, she had already left the room.
- I will not leave ere you return.
- Think carefully ere you make a decision.