early
see also: Early
Pronunciation Adjective
Early
Proper noun
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see also: Early
Pronunciation Adjective
early (comparative earlier, superlative earliest)
- At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
- at eleven, we went for an early lunch; she began reading at an early age; his mother suffered an early death
- Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
- You're early today! I don't usually see you before nine o'clock.
- The early guests sipped their punch and avoided each other's eyes.
- Near the start or beginning.
- The play "Two Gentlemen of Verona" is one of Shakespeare's early works.
- Early results showed their winning 245 out of 300 seats in parliament. The main opponent locked up only 31 seats.
- Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
- early cancer
- (astronomy, dated) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
- Antonyms: late
- French: de bonne heure, tôt
- German: früh, verfrüht, frühzeitig
- Italian: presto, precoce, anticipato, anticipata, anticipo
- Portuguese: precoce, cedo
- Russian: ра́нний
- Spanish: temprano, tempranero, precoz
- German: früh, verfrüht
- Italian: precoce
- Portuguese: adiantado
- Russian: ра́нний
- Spanish: prematuro, temprano
early (comparative earlier, superlative earliest)
- At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
- We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.
- Soon; in good time; seasonably.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Proverbs 8:17 ↗:
- Those that seek me early shall find me.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The May Queen
- You must wake and call me early.
- French: tôt, de bonne heure, avance
- German: früh
- Italian: presto
- Portuguese: cedo
- Russian: ра́но
- Spanish: temprano
early (plural earlies)
- (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.
Early
Proper noun
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