prior to
ago
previous to
theretofore
at one time
until
formerly
erst
erstwhile
once
ditto
quondamly
in the beginning
originally
in the first place
earlier
to begin with
beforely
prior
afore-
therebefore
put forward
state
posit
down
master
submit
preexisting
preexistent
last time
pre-existing
pre-existent
ante-
aforewritten
A.
previously
antecedently
upfront
in advance
firstly
aforementioned
beforementioned
pre-
in advance of
back
preambulatory
proleptical
anteriorly
syne
before
earlier on
proto-
then-and-now
former
pro-
precontemporary
preintroduction
preintroductory
predescribed
when'd
aforesaid
daringly
afore
useta
antecede
usta
as long as
gone
foregone
bygone
bypast
departed
forego
foremost
antevenient
predecessive
arch-
first off
semifamiliar
antecedent
first
first of all
conversantly
for
forecoming
preceding
prejacent
thenceforward
master
preexisting
preexistent
pre-existing
pre-existent
aforewritten
A.
aforementioned
beforementioned
preambulatory
proleptical
then-and-now
former
precontemporary
preintroduction
preintroductory
predescribed
aforesaid
gone
foregone
bygone
bypast
departed
antevenient
predecessive
semifamiliar
antecedent
forecoming
preceding
prejacent
ago
theretofore
at one time
formerly
erst
erstwhile
once
ditto
quondamly
in the beginning
originally
in the first place
earlier
to begin with
beforely
prior
therebefore
down
last time
previously
antecedently
upfront
firstly
anteriorly
syne
before
earlier on
back
daringly
foremost
first off
first
first of all
conversantly
thenceforward
put forward
state
posit
submit
antecede
forego
prep
prep
adv
intj
noun
- The ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.
- That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
- A suit of clothes of the same colour throughout.
- A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator.
- A copy; an imitation.
verb
adv
adv
adv
noun
- A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
- A prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.
- A belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
- A chief magistrate in Italy.
- A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.
adj
prefix
verb
noun
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
- a state of depression or agitation
- the territory occupied by a nation
adv
- from an earlier time
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- paid in cash at time of purchase
- to a lower intensity
- in an inactive or inoperative state
adj
adj
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- becoming progressively lower
- being put out in a game of baseball
- understood perfectly
- lower than previously
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- filled with melancholy and despondency
verb
- drink down entirely
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- shoot at and force to come down
- cause to come or go down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
noun
adj
verb
- To earn a Master's degree.
- To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
- To be a master.
- To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
- To make a master copy of.
noun
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A vessel having a specified number of masts.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- A male dominant.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- A skilled artist.
- Someone who employs others.
- A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- A person holding such a degree.
- The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- An expert at something.
- A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
verb
- put before
- refer for judgment or consideration
- yield to the control of another
- hand over formally
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make an application as for a job or funding
- make over as a return
- accept as inevitable
adj
- anterior
- amphibious
- avancé (fast)
- Asian
- asked
- Australian
- arterial
- alto
- auxiliary
- adjusted
- asymmetric
- accepted
- astragal
- American
- arctic
- approved
- atomic
- Absolute
- absent
verb
prep
adv
noun
- apprentice
- absorbance; absorbancy
- accusative case
- amphibian
- attack
- August
- author
- automobile
- application
- Amos, the book of
- adjutant
- accumulator
- acre; acres
- Angstrom
- ana; anna
- April
- anode
- answer
- artificer
- air branch
- atomic weight
- associate; association
- academy; academician
- age; aged
- airman
- assault, as on a badge
- air
- administration
- admiral
- alfa
- amateur
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- Artillery
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- address
- adult
- acid
- aircraft; airplane
- article
- Atlantic
- arctic
- army
- accommodation
- America; Americanization
- ambassador
- alto
adv
noun
adj
verb
prep_phrase
prep
postp
adv
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
verb
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To push or force backwards.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
adj
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
adj
adj
adj
noun
- The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- An ancestor.
- Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
- The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
adv
- before anything else
- the initial time
- before another in time, space, or importance
- prominently forward
adj
adj
- preceding all others in time or space or degree
- highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
noun
- the first or highest in an ordering or series
- the first element in a countable series
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- an honours degree of the highest class
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
conj
particle
prep
- Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
- By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
- Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
- In order to obtain or acquire.
- Towards; in the direction of.
- Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
- So (that), in order to
- On behalf of.
- Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
- In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
- To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
- Because of.
- Over (a period of time).
- To be, or as being.
- Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
- Supporting, in favour of.
- In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
- Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
- In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
- In honor of; after.
- Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
- Indicating something desired or anticipated.
- Despite, in spite of.
- Directed at; intended to belong to.
- Throughout or across (a distance in space).
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