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Defenition of the word early

    • Defenition of the word early

      • Before the expected time.
      • 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"
      • being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer
      • (linguistics) 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"
      • very young; "at an early age"
      • expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"
      • before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"
      • in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning"
      • of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
      • during an early stage; "early on in her career"
      • 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 tomat
      • being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
      • 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"
      • at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
      • being or occurring at an early stage of development
      • of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
      • very young
      • belonging to the distant past
      • expected in the near future
      • before the usual time or the time expected
      • in good time
      • during an early stage

    Synonyms for the word early

      • ahead of schedule
      • ahead of time
      • basic
      • before time
      • beforehand
      • betimes
      • early on
      • experimental
      • first
      • former
      • in advance
      • in the early hours
      • initial
      • near the beginning
      • other
      • premature
      • prematurely
      • primitive
      • the first part of
      • too soon
      • untimely
      • young
      • youthful

    Similar words in the early

      • aboriginal
      • advance
      • advance(a)
      • archaean
      • archaeozoic
      • archaic
      • archean
      • archeozoic
      • azoic
      • baby
      • beforehand
      • beforehand(p)
      • beginning
      • crude
      • earlier
      • earliest
      • early
      • earlyish
      • embryo
      • embryonic
      • embryotic
      • first
      • future
      • immature
      • in embryo
      • inchoate
      • incipient
      • matutinal
      • new
      • novice
      • Old
      • past
      • precocious
      • premature
      • previous
      • previous(p)
      • primaeval
      • primal
      • primeval
      • primitive
      • primordial
      • proterozoic
      • proto
      • proto(a)
      • rude
      • untimely
      • wee
      • young

    Hypernyms for the word early

      • surname

    Antonyms for the word early

      • belatedly
      • late
      • later
      • later(a)
      • middle
      • tardily

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