The Universal Dictionary

• It is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.

раньше

1. сравн. от рано 2.

   earlier; sooner

2. нареч.

   1. (прежде)

      formerly, before, previous

   2. (до какого-то момента)

      before, until

   3. разг. (сначала, сперва)

      first(ly)

   4. (кого-л. / чего-л.); (прежде другого)

      before; ahead of