[ adverb ]
■ earlier in time
■ previously
e.g.)
・I had known her before
・as I said before
・he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier
・her parents had died four years earlier
・I mentioned that problem earlier
→
before
,
earlier
[ adverb ]
■ on one occasion
e.g.)
・once I ran into her
→
in one case
,
once
,
one time
[ adverb ]
■ at a previous time
e.g.)
・at one time he loved her
・her erstwhile writing
・she was a dancer once
→
at one time
,
erst
,
erstwhile
,
formerly
,
once
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