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Definition of ere conjunction from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ere

conjunction, preposition

/eə(r)/

/er/

(old use or literary)

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before
- Ere long (= soon) they returned.
Word OriginOld English ǣr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch eer and German eher.

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