Be earlier in time, go back further
English: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
Bahasa: mengawali, mendahului
sebelumBahasa Indonesia
precede, before, predate, ahead, antecede
Very common
#146 of the corpus · 810.4 per million words · 3,460,918 occurrences
From belum (se-) · very common, #131
Verb
Be the predecessor of
English: precede, come before
Bahasa: mengawali, mendahului
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Come before
English: precede, predate
Bahasa: mengawali, mendahului
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Adjective
Earlier in time
English: anterior, prior(a)
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Adverb
Earlier in time, previously
English: earlier, before
Bahasa: dulu, berasal, dahulu, terdahulu
Less certain link between this word and this sense.
At or in the front
English: ahead, in front, before
Bahasa: terus, maju, mara, ke depan
Less certain link between this word and this sense.