What does early mean?
Definitions for early
ˈɜr liear·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word early.
Princeton's WordNet
earlyadjective
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"
earlyadjective
being or occurring at an early stage of development
"in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
early(a), former(a), other(a)adjective
belonging to the distant past
"the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
earlyadjective
very young
"at an early age"
earlyadjective
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"
earlyadverb
expected in the near future
"look for an early end to the negotiations"
early on, earlyadverb
during an early stage
"early on in her career"
early, ahead of time, too soonadverb
before the usual time or the time expected
"she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"
early, betimesadverb
in good time
"he awoke betimes that morning"
Wiktionary
earlynoun
A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.
Etymology: From erly, erli, ærlice, from ær + adverbial suffix -lice. Cognate with Old Norse árla ( > Danish and Norwegian årle, Swedish arla)
earlyadverb
At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.
Etymology: From erly, erli, ærlice, from ær + adverbial suffix -lice. Cognate with Old Norse árla ( > Danish and Norwegian årle, Swedish arla)
earlyadjective
At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
Etymology: From erly, erli, ærlice, from ær + adverbial suffix -lice. Cognate with Old Norse árla ( > Danish and Norwegian årle, Swedish arla)
earlyadjective
Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time.
Etymology: From erly, erli, ærlice, from ær + adverbial suffix -lice. Cognate with Old Norse árla ( > Danish and Norwegian årle, Swedish arla)
earlyadjective
Near the start or beginning.
Etymology: From erly, erli, ærlice, from ær + adverbial suffix -lice. Cognate with Old Norse árla ( > Danish and Norwegian årle, Swedish arla)
Webster Dictionary
Earlyadverb
soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early
Etymology: [OE. erli, erliche, AS. rlce; r sooner + lc like. See Ere, and Like.]
Earlyadverb
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
Etymology: [OE. erli, erliche, AS. rlce; r sooner + lc like. See Ere, and Like.]
Earlyadverb
coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc
Etymology: [OE. erli, erliche, AS. rlce; r sooner + lc like. See Ere, and Like.]
Freebase
Early
Early is a city located in Brown County in west-central Texas. The population was 2,762 at the 2010 census. It is named for Walter U. Early, who donated land for the schools. It is home to the Early Independent School District and the Heartland Mall.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Early
ėr′li, adj. in good season: at or near the beginning of the day: relating to the beginning: happening in the near future.—adv. near the beginning: soon.—n. Ear′liness.—Early and late, at all times; Early bird, an early riser; Early English (archit.), generally applied to the form of Gothic in which the pointed arch was first employed in Britain. The Early English succeeded the Norman towards the end of the 12th century, and merged into the Decorated at the end of the 13th.—Keep early hours, to rise and go to bed betimes; Small and early (coll.), applied to evening parties; The early bird catches the worm, a proverb in favour of early rising. [A.S. árlíce—ǽr, before.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'early' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #311
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Rank popularity for the word 'early' in Written Corpus Frequency: #794
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'early' in Adverbs Frequency: #124
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'early' in Adjectives Frequency: #18
Anagrams for early »
relay, re-lay
layer
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of early in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of early in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of early in a Sentence
Chief Executive Officer Jeff Fettig:
Local prices in the U.K. will go up. It is too early to say what impact it will have on demand, but we are assuming there could be a much weaker demand environment, at least for the short term.
I'd say last week was a bad top five, i got out early on Thursday morning and shot 66 and then sort of hung on for the rest of the week.
Deaths are likely to peak probably sometime late winter/early spring, it'll probably be sometime in second half of the year that people will be more comfortable going out.
We knew they were going to start hard, and that’s exactly what happened, they scored a goal early in every period. We could n’t manage that the way we wanted, but we responded well and The Oilers '’s all that matters in the end Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl each scored twice for The Oilers '. Edmonton, which was playing the second of back-to-back games and for the third time in four nights, has outscored its opponents, 24-13. The Oilers ’ plus-11 goal differential is tied with Florida for best in the league.
From our perspective, a critical early priority has to be to deal with what is an escalating nuclear crisis as they (Iran) move closer and closer to having enough fissile material for a weapon.
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Translations for early
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- vroeëAfrikaans
- مُبَكِّرًا, باكرArabic
- erkənAzerbaijani
- рана, ранніBelarusian
- рано, ранен, преждевремененBulgarian
- আশুBengali
- abredBreton
- aviat, d'horaCatalan, Valencian
- brzy, časný, raný, časněCzech
- plygeinwaith, yn fore, cynnarWelsh
- tidligDanish
- früh, verfrüht, frühzeitigGerman
- νωρίςGreek
- frua, frueEsperanto
- primero, temprano, prematuro, precozSpanish
- vara, varajaneEstonian
- goizikBasque
- زودPersian
- varhainen, varhain, ajoissa, aikainen, aikaisin, ennenaikainen, [[hyväFinnish
- árla, snimmaFaroese
- de bonne heure, ancien, tôt, avanceFrench
- ierWestern Frisian
- luath, mochIrish
- tràthailScottish Gaelic
- cedoGalician
- מוּקדָםHebrew
- शीघ्र, जल्दी, सवेरेHindi
- korán, koraiHungarian
- վաղArmenian
- diniIndonesian
- frueIdo
- snemmaIcelandic
- presto, iniziale, anticipato, precoce, anticipata, primo, anticipoItalian
- 初期, 早い, 早期Japanese
- ადრეული, ადრეGeorgian
- ертеKazakh
- មុនម៉ោងKhmer
- ಬೇಗKannada
- 이르다, 빨리, 빠르다, 일찍Korean
- زووKurdish
- эртеKyrgyz
- praecox, matutinusLatin
- fréiLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ເຊົ້າLao
- ankstyvas, anksti, ankstusLithuanian
- agri, agrsLatvian
- moataMāori
- ранен, раноMacedonian
- эртнийMongolian
- စောBurmese
- tidligNorwegian
- vroegDutch
- tidligNorwegian
- początkowy, wczesny, wcześniePolish
- cedo, inicial, adiantado, precocePortuguese
- devreme, timpuriuRomanian
- ранний, раноRussian
- rano, рани, rani, раноSerbo-Croatian
- včas, skoro, zavčasu, raný, čoskoro, včasnýSlovak
- zgódaj, zgodenSlovene
- i hershëmAlbanian
- tidig, tidigtSwedish
- mapemaSwahili
- барвақтTajik
- แต่วัน, เนิ่น, เนิ่นๆThai
- irki, irTurkmen
- erkenTurkish
- рано, завчасно, завчасний, раннійUkrainian
- جلدیUrdu
- ertaUzbek
- ban đầu, sớm, đầu mùaVietnamese
- gölo, gölik, gölikoVolapük
- timpe, di boune eure, toitWalloon
- פֿרי, באלדיקYiddish
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