അർത്ഥം : Earlier in time. Previously.
ഉദാഹരണം :
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.
പര്യായപദങ്ങൾ : before
അർത്ഥം : Comparatives of `soon' or `early'.
ഉദാഹരണം :
Come a little sooner, if you can.
Came earlier than I expected.
പര്യായപദങ്ങൾ : sooner
അർത്ഥം : Before now.
ഉദാഹരണം :
Why didn't you tell me in the first place?.
പര്യായപദങ്ങൾ : in the beginning, in the first place, originally, to begin with