Early
adverb
Before the usual or expected time.
We arrived home early and surprised everyone.
Often appears as...
- arrive early
- leave early
adjective
Happening in the beginning or before the usual time.
The early bird catches the worm.
Often appears as...
- early morning
- early age
adverb
Near the start of a period of time or course of events.
We identified the problem early in the project.
Often appears as...
- early in the day
- early in the year
adjective
Of a plant or animal: appearing or ripening before the usual time.
I planted some early tomatoes this year.
Often appears as...
- early potatoes
- early varieties
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Technical
adverb
At or near the beginning of a period of time or a process, effort, or sequence.
I made those mistakes early in my career.
Often appears as...
- early in my career
- early in the process
noun
A part of the day from midnight to noon, especially from sunrise to noon.
We will leave in the early.
Often appears as...
- in the early
- during the early
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Formal
Literary
adverb
Before the usual or expected time.
We arrived home early and surprised everyone.
Often appears as...
- arrive early
- leave early
adjective
Happening in the beginning or before the usual time.
The early bird catches the worm.
Often appears as...
- early morning
- early age
adverb
Near the start of a period of time or course of events.
We identified the problem early in the project.
Often appears as...
- early in the day
- early in the year
adjective
Of a plant or animal: appearing or ripening before the usual time.
I planted some early tomatoes this year.
Often appears as...
- early potatoes
- early varieties
Usage tips
Technical
adverb
At or near the beginning of a period of time or a process, effort, or sequence.
I made those mistakes early in my career.
Often appears as...
- early in my career
- early in the process
noun
A part of the day from midnight to noon, especially from sunrise to noon.
We will leave in the early.
Often appears as...
- in the early
- during the early
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Surprising Effect
Using 'early' can imply an unexpected situation, often causing surprise to others.
He finished his work early and shocked his boss.
Pro Tip 2/2Opportunity Highlight
Connotes that being 'early' might provide advantageous opportunities.
She arrived early at the sale and got the best deals.
Pro Tip 1/2Surprising Effect
Using 'early' can imply an unexpected situation, often causing surprise to others.
He finished his work early and shocked his boss.
Pro Tip 2/2Opportunity Highlight
Connotes that being 'early' might provide advantageous opportunities.
She arrived early at the sale and got the best deals.
Pro Tip 1/2Surprising Effect
Using 'early' can imply an unexpected situation, often causing surprise to others.
He finished his work early and shocked his boss.
Pro Tip 2/2Opportunity Highlight
Connotes that being 'early' might provide advantageous opportunities.
She arrived early at the sale and got the best deals.
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How to control someone...
just to become a neuroscientist to get access to these tools. And that's a shame because one out of five of us, that's 20 percent of the entire world, will have a neurological disorder. And there are zero cures for these diseases. And so it seems that what we should be doing is reaching back earlier in the eduction process
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How does asthma work? -...
and have helped many people live better lives. Although we've come a long way in improving how we treat and diagnose asthma, we still don't know its exact causes. We currently believe that a combination of genetic and environmental factors play a role, potentially acting during early childhood.
Video examples
The benefits of a...
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the mercury would flow to the bottom of each reservoir, leaving one side of the wheel perpetually heavier than the other. The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine,
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to grant him emergency powers. Within a matter of months, freedom of the press was abolished, other parties were disbanded, and anti-Jewish laws were passed. Many of Hitler's early radical supporters were arrested and executed, along with potential rivals,
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Why do people join...
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Questions No One Knows...
billions, or certainly many millions of years earlier than happened on Earth. If just a few of them had spawned intelligent life and started creating technologies, those technologies would have had millions of years to grow in complexity and power.
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Giving checkmate is...
was only a game for me but it became gradually competitive it suited very much to my character as from a very early age I love challenges by practicing daily chess chess became as my native language I never forget when I
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How One Community Saved...
Besides, they were home early and that's what encouraged them to give up the fishing. We all benefit from this reef.
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Penguin Chicks Struggle...
By early summer, the chicks are surprisingly well-developed and now look ready to take on the world.
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American Author
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Swiss Athlete
I always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.
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Driver
Unfortunately I lost my father quite early, it changes you. It changes you forever.
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Start as early as you can. Make tapes of your characters.
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Chinese Businessman
People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
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Joseph Rotblat
Polish Physicist
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Lynn Margulis
American Scientist
Life learned early on to recognize itself.
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J. Philippe Rushton
Canadian Psychologist
Race differences show up early in life.
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