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"etymology_text": "From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "afore",
"name": "en-con"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"In advance of the time when; before."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈfɔɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈfɔː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈfo(ː)ɹ/",
"note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈfoə/",
"note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-afore.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/En-us-afore.ogg/En-us-afore.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/En-us-afore.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "affor"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"poetic"
],
"word": "avore"
}
],
"word": "afore"
}
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