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English adjective: early | |||
| 1. | early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Similar | aboriginal, advance, archaean, archaeozoic, archean, archeozoic, azoic, beforehand, earlier, earliest, earlyish, premature, premature, previous, primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial, proterozoic, proto, untimely, wee | ||
| See also | first | ||
| Attribute | timing | ||
| Antonyms | late, middle | ||
| 2. | early being or occurring at an early stage of development | ||
| Samples | In an early stage. Early forms of life. Early man. An early computer. | ||
| Similar | archaic, crude, embryonic, embryotic, inchoate, incipient, new, precocious, primitive, primitive, rude, young | ||
| Antonyms | later, late | ||
| 3. | early belonging to the distant past | ||
| Samples | The early inhabitants of Europe. Former generations. In other times. | ||
| Synonyms | former, other | ||
| Similar | past | ||
| Antonyms | future, present | ||
| 4. | early very young | ||
| Samples | At an early age. | ||
| Similar | immature, young | ||
| Antonyms | old | ||
| 5. | early of an early stage in the development of a language or literature | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Similar | Old | ||
| Domain category | linguistics | ||
| Antonyms | middle, late | ||
| 6. | early expected in the near future | ||
| Samples | Look for an early end to the negotiations. | ||
| Similar | future | ||
| Antonyms | past, present | ||
English adverb: early | |||
| 1. | early during an early stage | ||
| Samples | Early on in her career. | ||
| Synonyms | early on | ||
| 2. | early before the usual time or the time expected | ||
| Samples | She graduated early. The house was completed ahead of time. | ||
| Synonyms | ahead of time, too soon | ||
| Antonyms | belatedly, late, tardily | ||
| 3. | early in good time | ||
| Samples | He awoke betimes that morning. | ||
| Synonyms | betimes | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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