Definitions for earliest
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1. earlier, earliest(adverb)

   (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. soonest, earliest(adverb)

   with the least delay

   "the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M."

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'earliest' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4802

Anagrams for earliest »

1. ateliers

2. Aleister

3. realties

4. e-tailers

How to pronounce earliest?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of earliest in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of earliest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of earliest in a Sentence

1. Sanjay Gupta:

   In a study out of China where they looked at some of the earliest patients, some 200 patients, they found that digestive or stomach GI( gastrointestinal) symptoms were actually there in about half the patients.

2. Deputy Prime Minister Wisanu Krue-ngam:

   I told the U.S. charge d'affaires today elections will take place at the earliest in February 2016, but if we have to have a referendum, polls could be delayed by a further three months.

3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The committee will meet at the earliest possible time and finish up the bill today.

4. Eric Widera:

   Financial impairment is often one of the earliest clinical signs of emerging dementia, that often goes undiagnosed, it becomes exceedingly important that when these diagnoses are made, and when individuals still have the ability to make decisions, to think about things like advanced financial planning – assigning someone such as a family member to make designated financial decisions on their behalf.

5. Chen Zhimin:

   We will set up 'network security offices' inside important website and Internet firms, so that we can catch criminal behavior online at the earliest possible point.

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