Definitions for EARLIER
ear·li·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. earlier, earliestadverb

   (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

   "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

2. earlier, beforeadverb

   earlier in time; previously

   "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"

3. sooner, earlieradverb

   comparatives of `soon' or `early'

   "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected"

4. in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originallyadverb

   before now

   "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. earlieradverb

   previously; before now; sooner

   I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.

2. earlieradjective

   occurring previously

   I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. earlier

   Earlier refers to a point in time before the present or before the time under consideration. It could also mean preceding in rank, precedence, order, or importance.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EARLIER' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1091

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EARLIER' in Written Corpus Frequency: #948

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EARLIER' in Adverbs Frequency: #103

How to pronounce EARLIER?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say EARLIER in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of EARLIER in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of EARLIER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of EARLIER in a Sentence

1. Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay:

   The speaker himself has pointed to possible solutions, he himself has said in earlier rulings we should not be bound by precedent, you can have the same motion but where the circumstances have changed.

2. Scott Irwin:

   . Dr. Scott Irwin, director of palliative care psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, who was not connected with the study, said the lesson isn't that hospice care is costing too much. Costs should naturally go up because more people are using hospice and using it earlier, which is a really good thing.

3. Lynnette Brammer:

   It’s not an unusually high influenza season. It’s sort of falling in with the mid- to higher range, but it’s within the limits of what we normally expect to see during a regular flu season, unfortunately, so basically, this is looking like a typical flu season, except in terms of the timing. It was just a little bit earlier than normal.

4. Sheriff Gavin Roselles:

   There was an earlier contact with the bear prior to the event, the bear basically came back into the campsite. It wandered into a campsite a couple different times.

5. Amir Ali:

   Only rich people could get the permission to hold (wedding) ceremonies, we could not earn money, like earlier. I was very disappointed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=EARLIER
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Earlier
3. ^ ChatGPT
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