auparavant
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle French auparavant, a univerbation of au + par + avant.
Pronunciation
Adverb
auparavant
- beforehand, previously [from 15th century]
- Synonyms: précédemment, antérieurement, au préalable
- un an auparavant
- a year earlier
- Je l’en avais averti longtemps auparavant.
- I had warned him about it long before.
- Je n’avais jamais vu une aussi belle jeune fille auparavant.
- I had never seen such a beautiful girl before.
Further reading
- “auparavant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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