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Definition of Early

1. Adverb. During an early stage. "Early on in her career"

2. Adjective. At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time. "Early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"

3. Adverb. Before the usual time or the time expected. "The house was completed ahead of time"

4. Adjective. Being or occurring at an early stage of development. "An early computer"

5. Adverb. In good time. "He awoke betimes that morning"

6. Adjective. Belonging to the distant past. "In other times"

7. Adjective. Very young. "At an early age"

8. Adjective. Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature. "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"

9. Adjective. Expected in the near future. "Look for an early end to the negotiations"

Definition of Early

1. adv. Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

2. a. 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.

Definition of Early

1. Adjective. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event. ¹

2. Adjective. Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time. ¹

3. Adjective. Near the start or beginning. ¹

4. Adverb. At a time before expected; sooner than usual. ¹

5. Noun. A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Early

1. near the beginning of a period of time or a series of events [adv -LIER, -LIEST]

Medical Definition of Early

1. 1. 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. "Early and provident fear is the mother of safety." (Burke) "The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them." (Hawthorne) 2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc. "Seen in life's early morning sky." (Keble) "The forms of its earlier manhood." (Longfellow) "The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer." (J. C. Shairp) Early English See the Note under English. Early English architecture, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries. Synonym: Forward, timely, not late, seasonable. Origin: OE. Earlich. See Early. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Early

earlies earliest earlike earliness earlinesses earlobe earlobes earlock earlocks earloop

earloops earls earlshannonite earlship earlships early (current term) early(a) early-bound early-morning hour early-phase response

early-type star early adopter early adopters early ambulation early bath early binding early bird early bird catches the worm early birds early childhood

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