sebelumnya

This is the 208th most frequent Indonesian word.

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sebelumnya

"Previously" or "before."


In this sentence, 'sebelumnya' indicates an action that took place prior to another event, emphasizing a temporal sequence.

Saya sudah menyiapkan buku sebelumnya.

I had already prepared the book beforehand.


Here, 'sebelumnya' is used to refer to an antecedent time, posing a kind of retrospection.

Dia bertanya apakah saya sudah pernah ke sana sebelumnya.

He asked if I had ever been there before.


In this context, 'sebelumnya' refers to an earlier point within a discourse or text.

Sebagaimana yang disebutkan sebelumnya, topik ini sangat relevan.

As mentioned earlier, this topic is very relevant.