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ɔlˈrɛd ial·ready

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. alreadyadverb

    prior to a specified or implied time

    "she has already graduated"

Wiktionary

  1. alreadyadverb

    Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

  2. alreadyadverb

    So soon.

    Are you quitting already?

  3. alreadyadverb

    Influenced by u05E9u05F1u05DF An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.

  4. Etymology: From alredy, alredi, equivalent to. Compare alreide, alreids; alreeds. More at all, ready.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Alreadyadverb

    At this present time, or at some time past; opposed to futurity; as, Will he come soon? He is come already. Will it be done? It is done already.

    Etymology: from all and ready.

    Touching our uniformity, that which hath been already answered, may serve for answer to that exception. Richard Hooker.

    You warn’d me still of loving two;
    Can I love him, already loving you? John Dryden, Indian Emp.

    See, the guards, from yon far eastern hill
    Already move, no longer stay afford;
    High in the air, they wave the flaming sword,
    Your signal to depart. John Dryden, State of Innocence.

    I confine myself to methods for the advancement of piety, which are in the power of a prince limited like ours, by a strict execution of the laws already in force. Jonathan Swift.

    Methinks, already I your tears survey,
    Already hear the horrid things they say,
    Already see you a degraded toast,
    And all your honour in a whisper lost! Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. already

    Already is an adverb that refers to something that has occurred or been done before a specific time or event, indicating that an action or event has taken place or a condition exists prior to the present moment or a specified point in time. It suggests completion or prior occurrence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Alreadyadverb

    prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously

  2. Etymology: [All (OE. al) + ready.]

Wikidata

  1. Already

    Already is the fourth album by the British rock band Jesus Jones in 1997. The last EMI album. Singles released were "The Next Big Thing" and "Chemical #1". EMI re-issued on the album on 1 March 2003. The album followed a working hiatus by the band following the relative failure of 1993's Perverse compared to their international breakthrough album Doubt. Although the band had come up with ideas that they requested to Food Records, the label rejected them before finally accepting the released Already. Already only reached #161 in the UK albums chart, although lead single "The Next Big Thing" had some radio play reaching #49 in the singles chart.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Already

    awl-red′i, adv. previously, or before the time specified.—Sometimes used adjectively = present. [All and Ready.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'already' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #245

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'already' in Written Corpus Frequency: #351

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'already' in Adverbs Frequency: #42

Anagrams for already »

  1. adlayer

  2. aleyard

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of already in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of already in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of already in a Sentence

  1. Jessica Diedalis:

    We want (students) to be inspired by it, to absorb something special in addition to what might already be going up on their walls.

  2. Fred Santos:

    They already have the mayor trying to influence the judge, nobody in power was speaking (for us). We're just regular folks.

  3. Anna Eskamani:

    At the end of the day it is smart for us to look at these types of institutions that might already have some of the vaccination structure in place.

  4. Nana Setiawan:

    I moved here three years ago, and as far as I know, normally the floods will only happen once a year or even once in five years. But this year it's already been four times and today is the worst.

  5. Tom Malinowski:

    When somebody who we already know is responsible for the kidnapping, rendition, murder and torture of other people in this category sends you a text message warning that bad things will happen to you, it's fair to assume that he means business.

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