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пре́жде

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  • 1.

    formerly, previously, in former times

    Пре́жде он жил в Москве́.

    He used to live in Moscow.

    Adverb; slightly bookish.

  • 2.

    before, earlier than

    Он пришёл пре́жде меня́.

    He arrived before me.

    Preposition + genitive.

  • 3.

    before

    Поду́май, пре́жде чем говори́ть.

    Think before you speak.

    In the conjunction прежде чем.

  • 4.

    first, first of all, above all

    Пре́жде всего́ спаси́бо за по́мощь.

    First of all, thanks for the help.

    In the set phrase прежде всего.

Usage info

прежде всего: first of all

  • чем when describing an action that takes place before another.

Examples

Typical usagePRO

  • Time: Before actions/events

    • пре́жде чем + инфинити́в

      before doing (do X first)

    • пре́жде чем + придато́чное предложе́ние

      before (someone) does ...

    • пре́жде рассве́та

      before dawn

    • пре́жде меня́

      before me; earlier than me

  • Prioritizing: First of all

    • пре́жде всего́

      first of all; above all

    • пре́жде про́чего

      first and foremost

  • Comparison with the past

    • как пре́жде

      as before

    • как и пре́жде

      just as before

    • по-пре́жнему

      still; as before

    • чем пре́жде

      than before (after comparatives)

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 5 days ago.
  • haunter1781 edited translation 6 months ago.
  • brennanhigginbotham2004 edited usage info 1 year ago.
  • drvuquangson edited usage info 3 years ago.