Ere: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Ere preposition. Before, in old-fashioned or poetic writing.
How to say it
AIR/ɛː/
1 syllable.
Ere in a sentence
We'll be home ere nightfall if the trains behave.
Ere long, the whole village knew about the lottery win.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- before
- prior to
Opposite:
- after
Where ere comes from
From Old English ǣr, early or before.