Early
['ɜːlɪ] or ['ɝli]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) being or occurring at an early stage of development; 'in an early stage'; 'early forms of life'; 'early man'; 'an early computer' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) very young; 'at an early age' .
(adj.) expected in the near future; 'look for an early end to the negotiations' .
(adj.) belonging to the distant past; 'the early inhabitants of Europe'; 'former generations'; 'in other times' .
(adv.) before the usual time or the time expected; 'she graduated early'; 'the house was completed ahead of time'.
(adv.) in good time; 'he awoke betimes that morning'.
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Definition
(adv.) Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
(adv.) 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.
(adv.) Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Timely, seasonable, in season, not late.[2]. Forward, premature.[3]. At dawn, at day-break, at the opening of day.
ad. Soon, betimes, seasonably, in good season, in good time.
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Definition
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A title of stupidity. See old saw,
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Examples
- As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- As in everything else, it has taken time to overcome the faults of the early trucks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- One of the most important of the early inventions in the textile art was the _cotton gin_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Oh, at six o'clock: he keeps early hours in the country. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was still early enough to catch the morning train. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro', where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I rose early, but felt unusually melancholy. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I must go to bed early. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The electrical features of the 1882 locomotive were very similar to those of the earlier one, already described. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Even in 1847 few of these things had lost their novelty, most of them were in the earlier stages of development. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I arrived four hours earlier than my appointment. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Warren was not aware of his presence, but probably supposed it was the cavalry which Merritt had engaged earlier in the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The earlier aviators had found that two planes, or double-deckers, gave the best results. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And now I am brought to a little piece of news, my dearest, that I might have told you earlier in the evening. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All of this is very reminiscent of the religious and political state of affairs in Greece fourteen centuries earlier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Galileo determined to study the laws of mechanics by experiment, and not, as so many earlier scientists had done, by argument or mere theoretical opinions. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was the room in which, six months earlier, the merry Christmas party had met, to which Eustacia came secretly and as a stranger. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The second book begins with an account of different philosophic al views concerning the origin of matter, and a discussion of the earliest dwellings of man. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Among the earliest fire-arms of this period one was invented which was a breech-loader and revolver. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Egyptians were the earliest and greatest agriculturists, and from them the art was learned by the Greeks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Haak from the German Palatinate was one of the earliest Fellows of the Society, and is even credited by Wallis wit h being the first to suggest the meetings of 1645. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I have come hither, Rebecca insisted, with a stamp of her foot, to say farewell to my dearest and earliest friend. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Inform me at the earliest practicable day of the time when you will embark, and such plans as may then be matured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The earliest rival of the Remington was the Caligraph, made by the American Writing Machine Co. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For instance, in the very earliest days of electric lighting, the safe insulation of two bare wires fastened together was a serious problem that was solved by him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The passengers do not turn out at unseasonable hours, as they used to, to get the earliest possible glimpse of strange foreign cities. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Long ago, when he had been famous among his earliest competitors as a youth of great promise, he had followed his father to the grave. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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