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Hungarian
Etymology
elő- + -bb (comparative suffix)
Pronunciation
Adverb
előbb (not comparable)
- before, sooner, earlier, prior
- Synonyms: hamarabb, korábban
- Előbb értek haza, mint én. ― They got home before me.
- (construed with az) just (now), a short while ago, a little while ago, a moment ago
- Synonym: az imént
Derived terms
Further reading
- előbb in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- előbb in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).