No. 46 in Swedish

tidigare

"Earlier" or "previously."

In a sentence

Tidigare brukade jag bo i Stockholm.
Earlier, I used to live in Stockholm.
Tidigare is used here as an adverb indicating a previous time period.
Denna fråga diskuterades tidigare under mötet.
This question was discussed earlier during the meeting.
Tidigare serves as a reference to a previous point in a timeline.
En tidigare version av rapporten var mer detaljerad.
An earlier version of the report was more detailed.
Tidigare is used as an adjective qualifying the noun 'version' to indicate 'prior' or 'previous'.

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