ERE

Definition: ERE

ERE

Adverb

1. Rather than.

2. Before; sooner than.

Transitive verb

1. To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ERE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Ere \Ere, preposition & adverb [Anglo-Saxon, preposition, adverb & conjunctive; akin to Old Saxon, OFries., & Old High German, German eher, Dutch eer, Icelandic [=a]r, Gothic air. Compare to Early, Erst, Or, adverb.]. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Earliness

Adverb: early, soon, anon, betimes, rath; eft, eftsoons; ere long, before long, shortly.

Priority

Adverb: before, prior to; earlier; previously; Adjective: afore, aforehand, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile; ere then, ere now, before then, before now; erewhile, already, yet, beforehand; on the eve of.

The Past

Retrospectively; ere now, before now, till now; hitherto, heretofore; no longer; once, once upon a time; from time immemorial, from prehistoric times; in the memory of man; time out of mind; already, yet, up to this time; ex post facto.

Crosswords: ERE

Time that was, time shall be, but waste it not, ere it waste thee (The Nutcracker Prince; writing credit: E.T.A. Hoffmann; Patricia Watson)

Do not gainsay what I say that we may make headway. I foray this way that I may be home ere midday (Moonlighting; writing credit: Eric Blakeney)

Ere her ear hears her err, here ears err here. (references; author: unknown)

The hare's ear heard ere the hare heeded. (references; author: unknown)

Ter ere van... (1974)

Ere erera baleibu icik subua aruaren (1970)

Feest georganiseerd door de Stad Brussel ter ere van de Brusselse strijders (1919)

De invaliden en de gedeporteerden van de gemeente Patriottisch feest in Sint-Gillis.6.7.1919. Ter ere van de soldaten (1919)

Lijkplechtigheid ter ere van de leden van de koninklijke familie (1910)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Cuando Yo Ere Pequena: Memorias De Una Nina De Cuatro Anos (reference)

• The hellfire cookbook : recipes for fiery food for those who like it, and for those others who, because of the sin of gluttony, should become used to it here and now ere they perforce eat it hereafter when they will need a long spoon (reference)

• Vie Privee and Democratie a L Ere De L Inf (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Draco:Une Nouvelle Ere (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Seconde ere (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I could but stand outside, and take a last look at the two sweet children, ere they disappeared within, and the golden gate closed with a bang

Yet, if death be in this cup, I bid thee think again, ere thou beholdest me quaff it.

You would have said a pendulum which has not been wound up, and the oscillations of which are growing shorter ere they stop

Why she was dead ere thou wast born

Ere long the hounds arrived, but here they lost the scent

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ERE": Ere long ♦ Ere now ♦ Ere that ♦ ere this ♦ or ere. Additional references.

Albanian

përpara (ahead). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отколкото да (rather than), преди да (before, or), преди (afore, ago, already, before, beforehand, or, preceding, preparatory to, previous to, prior to, since, whilom), до (alongside, as far as, at, beside, do, next, next to, over, pending, prior to, to, until, unto). (various references)

Chinese 

在前 (Ante, Ante-). (various references)

Czech

dříve (beforehand, earlier, erst, formerly, in former times, previously, sooner). (various references)

French

avantque. (various references)

German

ehe (marriage, before, matrimony, wedlock). (various references)

Greek 

πριν (ago), προ (afore, ago). (various references)

Hungarian

mielőtt. (various references)

Indonesian

segera (apace, immediate, instant, presently, right away, straightway), nanti (later, next, presently, wait), kelak (coming, cuckoo dove, later, next). (various references)

Italian

prima di (before, preliminary, prior to, till, until), prima che (before). (various references)

Manx

roish (ahead, before, previous;before him). (various references)

Pig Latin

ereay.(various references)

Portuguese

antes que, antes de (before then, prior to), antes (before, formerly, previously), antecipadamente (beforehand, in advance). (various references)

Romanian

mai înainte (above, before, before it, beyond, previously), înaintea (before, in front of, prior to), înainte de (above, preparatory to, previous to, to). (various references)

Russian 

прежде чем (preparatory to), перед прежде чем. (various references)

Scottish

sol. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pre (afore, ago, anteriorly, back, before, earlier, pre, preferably, previous to, prior to, rather, sooner). (various references)

Spanish

antes de (before). (various references)

Swedish

innan (before, prior to), före (before, ahead, prior to). (various references)

Thai

ก่อน (คำโบราณ, ทางวรรณคดี). (various references)

Turkish

evvel (ago, ante, ante-, before, early), önce (above, afore, ago, ante, ante-, back, before, early, first, firstly, in advance, pre-, prior, prior to, pro-). (various references)

Ukrainian

рано (early, rare, soon), перш ніж (before, or), перед (afore, before, forefront, front, in front of, previously to, vis-а-vis), до (against, as far as, at, before, by, down, for, into, near, of, on, or, previous to, previously to, prior to, till, to, to the, toward, towards, until, unto, while). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "ERE": erect, erectable, erected, erecter, erecters, erectile, erectilities, erectility, erecting, erection, erections, erective, erectly, erectness, erectnesses, erector, erectors, erects, erelong, eremite, eremites, eremitic, eremitical, eremitism, eremitisms, eremuri, eremurus, erenow, erepsin, erepsins, erethic, erethism, erethisms, erewhile, erewhiles. (additional references)

Words ending with "ERE": abampere, adhere, ampere, antimere, anywhere, asthenosphere, atmosphere, austere, bathysphere, bayadere, belvedere, bergere, biosphere, blastomere, boutonniere, brassiere, carabiniere, cashmere, casimere, cassimere, centromere, cere, chimere, chromomere, chromosphere, cohere, coinhere, compere, condottiere, confrere, consigliere, corsetiere, couturiere, dere, derriere, ecosphere, ectomere, eglatere, elsewhere, ensphere, epimere, etagere, everywhere, exosphere, fere, fourragere, frere, galere, gruyere, haltere, hemisphere. (additional references)

Words containing "ERE": abamperes, accoutered, adhered, adherence, adherences, adherend, adherends, adherent, adherently, adherents, adherer, adherers, adheres, administered, adulterer, adulterers, adulteress, adulteresses, aerenchyma, aerenchymas, aerenchymata, afferent, afferently, afferents, aftereffect, aftereffects, altered, alterer, alterers, amperes, angered, answered, answerer, answerers, antimeres, antlered, anywheres, aphaereses, aphaeresis, aphaeretic, aphereses, apheresis, ashlered, asthenospheres, atmosphered, atmospheres, attempered, austerely, austereness, austerenesses, austerer. (additional references)

Misspellings

"ERE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eae, eare, Earee, ebe, ebra, Ebrey, ece, ecre, ecree, ede, edra, edre, edret, eeb, eee, eeee, eeh, eeq, eere, eero, efe, efee, efra, Efren, Ege, egee, egrew, egrex, egrey, ehe, Ehren, eie, eire, ejee, eme, Emreb, ene, enra, enri, eoe, epe, eqe, erah, erai, eraj, erao, eraq, erau, erax, eray, Erb, erbe, erce, erd, erde, Erdem, erea, ereb, ered, eree, ereg, erel, erem, eren, erer, eres, erev, erex, erey, erez, erge, Ergel, erh, erhe, eri, eria, erib, eriee, erif, erii, erj, erk, Erkel, erl, erled, erlen, erm, Erme, ero, eroe, erol, eroo, erp, erpe, erq, erra, errd, erre, erren, Errep, errer, Errh, erri, errif, errm, errt, erru, ersey, ert, Erte, eru, erum, erun, erv, erve, erw, erx, Erz, Erzen, ete, etre, eue, Eure, evra, exr, exro, Eze, Ezee, iere, ierei, kre, nre, rere, reree, urre, vre, yere, zere, zre. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ree.

-1 letter: er, re.

+1 letter: beer, bree, cere, deer, dere, dree, eery, eger, erne, ever, ewer, eyer, eyre, fere, free, gree, here, jeer, leer, mere, peer, pree, rede, reed, reef, reek, reel, rees, rete, seer, sere, tree, veer, weer, were.

+2 letters: aerie, agree, ameer, areae, arete, beers, beery, beret, berme, brede, breed, brees, breve, ceder, cered, ceres, cheer, creed, creek, creel, creep, creme, crepe, deers, defer, deter, dreed, drees, eager, eagre, eared, eater, edger, eerie, egers, egger, egret, eider, elder, elver, ember, emeer, emery, emmer, ender, enter, enure, erase, erect, ernes, erode, erose, erred, erses, esker, ester, ether, evert, every, ewers, exert, eyers, eyres, eyrie, feres, fever, fewer, feyer, fleer, freed, freer, frees, frere, genre, grebe, greed, greek, green, grees, greet, heder, heres, hewer, hexer, jeers, kerne, kreep, laree, leers, leery, leger, leper, lever, merde, merer, meres, merge, merle, meter, metre, nerve, never, newer, peers, peery, perea, perse, peter, preed, preen, prees, prese, puree, queer, ragee, rakee, ramee, ranee, razee, reave, rebbe, rebec, rebel, recce, reded, redes, redye, reeds, reedy, reefs, reefy, reeks, reeky, reels, reest, reeve, refed, refel, refer, reges, rehem, reive, rekey, relet, remet, remex, renew, rente, repeg, repel, resee, reset, resew, retem, retie, reuse, revel, revet, revue, rewed, rewet, rexes, rupee, saree, scree, seder, seers, sered, serer, seres, serge, serve, sever, sewer, sheer, siree, sneer, speer, spree, steer, stere, sweer, terce, terne, terse, there, three, treed, treen, trees, veers, veery, verge, verse, verve, vexer, weber, where.