Definitions for ere
ɛərere

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ereinterjection

   used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.

   'Ere, why don't we get some cigarettes?

2. erenoun

   Obsolete form of ear.

   As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

3. Etymology: Old English ǣr. (adverb, conjunction, & preposition), from airiz comparative of air, from ayer- (compare Avestan
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   0B2D, Gk. ἠέριος, see also era). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ærest.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ereadverb

   1. Before; sooner than.

   Ere he would have hang’d a man for the getting a hundred bastards, he would have paid for the nursing a thousand. William Shakespeare.

   The lions brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came to the bottom of the den. Daniel.

   Just trial, ere I merit
   My exaltation without change or end. John Milton, Par. Regain’d.

   The mountain trees in distant prospect please,
   Ere yet the pine descended to the seas;
   Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore. John Dryden, Ovid.

   Our fruitful Nile
   Flow’d ere the wonted season. John Dryden, All for Love.

   The birds shall cease to tune their ev’ning song,
   The winds to breathe, the waving woods to move,
   And streams to murmur, ere I cease to love. Alexander Pope, Autumn.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Ereadverb

   before; sooner than

2. Ereadverb

   rather than

3. Ereverb

   to plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t

4. Etymology: [AS. r, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. r, G. eher, D. eer, Icel. r, Goth. air. 204. Cf. Early, Erst, Or, adv.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ere

   ār, adv. before, sooner.—prep. before.—conj. sooner than.—advs. Erelong′, before long: soon; Erenow′, before this time; Erewhile′, formerly: some time before. [A.S. ǽr; cf. Dut. eer.]

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1. ERE

   What does ERE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ERE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Anagrams for ere »

1. e'er

2. eer

3. ree

How to pronounce ere?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ere in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ere in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ere in a Sentence

1. Lady Flora Hastings, “Swan Song”:

   Grieve not that I die young. Is it not well To pass away ere life hath lost its brightness?

2. Rupert Brooke:

   But somewhere, beyond Space and Time, is wetter water, slimier slime! And there (they trust) there swimmeth one who swam ere rivers were begun, immense of fishy form and mind, squamous omnipotent, and kind.

3. Sir Walter Raleigh:

   A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.

4. Omar Khayyam:

   Whilom, ere youth?s conceit had waned, methought Answers to all life?s problems I had wrought; But now, grown old and wise, too late I see My life is spent, and all my lore is nought.

5. Henry David Thoreau:

   We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ere
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ere
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ere
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ere