ere
an old word for “before”
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,343 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,630 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
conjunction
- an old word for “before”
preposition
- an old word for “before”
ere in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Let us enter that silence ere the belchings re-begin.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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We never lay together, but ere morning There grew a flaw between us.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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What the old Italian had heard, he would surely ere long repeat to Marius.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Oh! the last rays of feeling and life must depart Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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Tar-ry woo', tar-ry woo', Tar-ry woo' is ill to spin: Card it weel, card it weel, Card it weel ere you begin.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1