Concept cluster: Positive qualities > Before or in the past
adv
(archaic) In addition.
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(archaic) In time past; in a former time; formerly.
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(Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of already. [Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.]
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Obsolete spelling of already [Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.]
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Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
adv
Pronunciation spelling of already. [Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.]
adj
Having been placed into an archive.
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Obsolete spelling of erst [(obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).]
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(rare, nonstandard) Previously.
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(archaic) Previously; in the past.
n
The hereafter.
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(Malaysia)(informal) Abbreviation of already. Used to form the perfect tenses. Used in text messages. [Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.]
v
followed by of; general use:
adv
At some time in the past; previously; earlier.
adv
Obsolete spelling of erst [(obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).]
adv
(obsolete) At an earlier time.
adv
(obsolete) Before; formerly; at a former time.
adj
(literary, law) Former, previous.
adj
(obsolete) Earlier, former.
adv
Abbreviation of formerly. [at some time in the past]
adj
Previous.
adv
at some time in the past
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Obsolete form of forby. [(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Past; by; beyond.]
n
Something that is yet to come.
adv
(obsolete) In time to come.
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(rare) After this; hereafter
adv
(archaic) before now
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Synonym of hereafter
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In the parts of this document, statement, or book that follow; after this
adv
(formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
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According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.
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henceforth
n
On the following occasion (as opposed to this time).
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(obsolete) Earlier, previously.
n
(uncountable) The state or quality of being past.
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(colloquial) Eventually; some time in the distant future, or possibly never.
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(with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time.
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(archaic) previously
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(dialectal) Alternative spelling of since [From a specified time in the past.]
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rather.
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(Scotland, Northern England) Before now; ago.
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(rare) After that time; thereafter.
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After that, from then on; thenceforth.
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(obsolete) Therebefore.
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in the following part (of a document or speech)
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Before that.
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So far, hitherto.
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(archaic) Sufficiently soon; in time.
adj
Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.
adv
At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.

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