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
- Mike Farrell, the actor and dedicated humanitarian activist, added his name early on.
- Twice in the past year, Mr. Papandreou has flirted with ending his term early because of public discontent with his austerity policies.
- The term early menopause also refers to women who experience menopause naturally but earlier than usual generally before the age of forty.
- They soon discovered, that to rise early, they must _go to bed early_; and thus was this most important object secured, with regard to girls as well as boys.
- Thirty-five perished at an indefinitely early date; hence it follows that Zonaras has only Books One to Twenty-one at hand to use for his account of _early_ Rome; besides these he has later employed Books
- Ah, how many of those that heard the early ones are laid in their graves; and how many of them were laid in _early_ graves; and how many of them said, as some of you are saying, 'When I get older I will turn religious'!