Definition of Already

1. Adverb. Prior to a specified or implied time. "She has already graduated"

Definition of Already

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

Definition of Already

1. Adverb. Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. ¹

2. Adverb. So soon. ¹

3. Adverb. (American English) Influenced by (etyl yi en) (term ??? lang=yi tr=shoyn) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Already

1. by this time [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Already

alpine totara
alpinely
alpines
alpinism
alpinisms
alpinist
alpinists
alprazolam
alprenolol
alprenolol hydrochloride
alprostadil
alquifou
alquifoux
alreadie
alreadiness
already (current term)
alreet
alrestatin
alright
alrighty
alsactide
alsakharovite-zn
alsatian
alseroxylon
alsike
alsikes
also
also-ran
also-rans
also known as

Literary usage of Already

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David ( Hume (1890)
"Succession of like feelings mistaken for an identical object: but the feelings, as described, are already such objects. interrupted perceptions for an ..."

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