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Early
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1. early
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
Example Sentences:'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'
2. early
being or occurring at an early stage of development
Example Sentences:'in an early stage''early forms of life''early man''an early computer'
belonging to the distant past
Example Sentences:'the early inhabitants of Europe''former generations''in other times'
5. early
of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
Example Sentences:'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'
6. early
expected in the near future
Example Sentences:'look for an early end to the negotiations'
Adverb
8. ahead of time, early, too soon
before the usual time or the time expected
Example Sentences:'she graduated early''the house was completed ahead of time'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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