early
IPA: ˈɝɫi
noun
- (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.
- A surname.
adjective
- At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
- Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
- Near the start or beginning.
- Near the start of the day.
- Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
adverb
- At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
- Soon; in good time; seasonably.
Examples of "early" in Sentences
- Flowering begins early in the life of the tree.
- Flowering begins very early in the life of the tree.
- In the early 1960s the couple found a new avocation.
- Her first fiance was murdered in the early eighties.
- We will have to be cautious in the early days of the new process.
- In the early years, the new Fellows were members of the Institute.
- The ram has been the symbol of the brewery since the early beginning.
- The Fellowship of the New Life disbanded sometime in the early 1890s.
- The official opening of the new building was formalized in early 1931.
- In the premier season of 1936, superlatives came early for the new team.