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def |
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time |
examples |
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
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Outgoing links |
Also see |
first |
Attribute |
timing |
Derivationally related form |
early → earliness |
Antonym |
early → middle; early → late |
Similar to |
aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial; advance(a), beforehand(p); archean, archaean; archeozoic, archaeozoic; azoic; earlier, earliest; earlyish; premature, untimely; previous(p), premature; proterozoic; proto(a); wee |
Incoming links |
Similar to |
aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial; advance(a), beforehand(p); archean, archaean; archeozoic, archaeozoic; azoic; earlier, earliest; earlyish; premature, untimely; previous(p), premature; proterozoic; proto(a); wee |
Antonym |
middle → early; late → early |
Also see |
first |
Attribute |
timing |
Derivationally related form |
earliness → early |
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