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Hungarian
Etymology
elő + -re
Pronunciation
Adverb
előre (comparative előbbre or előrébb, superlative legelőre or legelőbbre or legelőrébb)
- forward, ahead (space)
- Antonym: hátra
- in advance, in anticipation (time)
- Synonym: előzetesen
- Antonym: utólag
Usage notes
- If it expresses time (“in advance”), it is written in two words, e.g. előre csomagol, előre figyelmeztet, előre gondoskodik, előre jelez, előre kiszámít, előre köszön, előre lát, előre szól (in the literal sense “to warn in advance”), előre tájékozódik, előre tud.
- When it expresses spatial direction (“forward”), it can be a verbal prefix as well. This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with előre-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see előre-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.
- For another adverb that can be a prefix as well, see tovább and tovább-.
Derived terms
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Further reading
- előre 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
- előre 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).