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单词 ere
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Definition of ere in English:

ere

preposition & conjunction ɛːɛr
archaic, literary
  • Before (in time)

    as preposition we hope you will return ere long
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We do love the places we come from, and we ‘love that well which [we] must leave ere long.’
    • Being in daily touch with a lot of abattoirs, I feel that the supplies of cattle are starting to dwindle and that demand will improve ere long.
    • You'll be hearing the Brockovich name around the place ere long.
    • He stopped, but ere long, he continued to tap the carriage floor with the heels of his polished black shoes.
    • But the stream will ere long be left the clearer for that.
    • Henri reluctantly agreed, wanting to return to his home ere it was evening, and urged his sister to hurry.

Origin

Old English ǣr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch eer and German eher.

Rhymes

affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah
 
 

Definition of ere in US English:

ere

preposition & conjunctionerɛr
literary, archaic
  • Before (in time)

    as preposition we hope you will return ere long
    as conjunction I was driven for some half mile ere we stopped
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Henri reluctantly agreed, wanting to return to his home ere it was evening, and urged his sister to hurry.
    • We do love the places we come from, and we ‘love that well which [we] must leave ere long.’
    • You'll be hearing the Brockovich name around the place ere long.
    • But the stream will ere long be left the clearer for that.
    • Being in daily touch with a lot of abattoirs, I feel that the supplies of cattle are starting to dwindle and that demand will improve ere long.
    • He stopped, but ere long, he continued to tap the carriage floor with the heels of his polished black shoes.

Origin

Old English ǣr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch eer and German eher.

 
 
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