PREPOSITION: "earlier than" Crossword Clue

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PREPOSITION: "earlier than" Crossword Answer

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PREPOSITION (noun)
1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
EARLIER (adverb)
1. comparatives of `soon’ or `early’
2. earlier in time; previously
EARLIER (adjective)
1. (comparative and superlative of `early’) more early than; most early

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