This is the 46th most frequent Swedish word.
tidigare
"Earlier" or "previously."
Tidigare serves as a reference to a previous point in a timeline.
Denna fråga diskuterades tidigare under mötet.
This question was discussed earlier during the meeting.
Tidigare is used as an adjective qualifying the noun 'version' to indicate 'prior' or 'previous'.
En tidigare version av rapporten var mer detaljerad.
An earlier version of the report was more detailed.
Tidigare is used here as an adverb indicating a previous time period.