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1. (adv.) early
in or during the first part of a period of time, course of action, or series of events:
early in the year.
2. early
in the early part of the morning:
to get up early.
3. early
before the usual or appointed time; ahead of time.
4. early
far back in time:
The Greeks early learned to navigate.
5. (adj.) early
occurring in the first part of a period of time, course of action, or series of events:
an early hour of the day.
6. early
occurring before the usual or appointed time:
an early dinner.
7. early
belonging to a period far back in time.
8. early
occurring in the near future:
I look forward to an early reply.
9. early
Hort. appearing or maturing before most others of its type:
early apples.
10. (n.) Early
Jubal Anderson, 1816–94, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
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1. (adj) early
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
"early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
2. (adj) early
being or occurring at an early stage of development
"in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
3. (adj) early(a), former(a), other(a)
belonging to the distant past
"the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
4. (adj) early
very young
"at an early age"
5. (adj) early
of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
"the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"
6. (adverb) early
expected in the near future
"look for an early end to the negotiations"
7. (adverb) early on, early
during an early stage
"early on in her career"
8. (adverb) early, ahead of time, too soon
before the usual time or the time expected
"she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"
9. (adverb) early, betimes
in good time
"he awoke betimes that morning"
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1. (adjective) early
≠ late
early November/January; It's too early to make a decision.
2. early
≠ late
I got there 30 minutes early.; He got on an earlier flight.
3. early
first or one of the first; = initial
Early cars had few safety features; an early version of his novel
4. (adverb) early
≠ late
Let's go earlier to avoid traffic.
5. early
≠ late
flowers that can be planted early
6. early
≠ late
Sign up early to avoid disappointment.
7. early
earlier
in the first part of a period or process
I think I mentioned that earlier.
8. early
early on
in the first part of a period or process
I knew early on that I wasn't happy.
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1. (adverb) early
soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early
2. (adverb) early
in advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit
3. (adverb) early
coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc
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Sense: near the beginning (of a period of time etc)
early in my life; early in the afternoon.
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 Afrikaans: vroeg |
 Arabic: مُبَكّرا، في بداية |
 Bulgarian: рано |
 Brazilian: cedo |
 Czech: brzy |
 German: früh |
 Danish: tidligt; i begyndelsen |
 Greek: νωρίς |
 Spanish: en los inicios, al princi |
 Estonian: varases, varasel |
 Farsi: اوایل |
 Finnish: alussa |
 French: tôt |
 Hebrew: מוּקדָם |
 Hindi: प्रारंभ में |
 Croatian: rano |
 Hungarian: korán; vminek a kezdetén |
 Indonesian: awal |
 Icelandic: snemma |
 Italian: presto |
 Japanese: 早期に |
 Korean: 초기에 |
 Lithuanian: anksti |
 Latvian: agri |
 Malay: di awal |
 Dutch: vroeg |
 Norwegian: tidlig, først |
 Polish: wcześnie |
 Persian: اوایل |
 Pashto: وختى، دوخته، مخكښې، وړاند |
 Portuguese: cedo |
 Romanian: laînceput(ul) |
 Russian: в начале |
 Slovak: skoro |
 Slovenian: zgodaj |
 Serbian: rano |
 Swedish: tidigt |
 Thai: แต่แรก |
 Turkish: erken, başında, başlarınd |
 Taiwanese: 初期地 |
 Ukrainian: рано |
 Urdu: کسی دور کے آغاذ میں |
 Vietnamese: đầu |
 Chinese: 早，在初期 |
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