already
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/ɔːlˈrɛdi/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "already"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇

before the present or specified time
already definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
By the time the show started, we had already found our seats.
āĻļā§‹ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāϟ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇, āĻāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ

sooner than expected or earlier than what is usual
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's already finished his meal while I'm still eating.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ, āϏ⧇ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇, āĻāĻ–āύāχ

used to indicate that an action has been completed, making repetition unnecessary
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
No thanks, I already have a coffee.
āύāĻž āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇, āĻāχ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇

at this moment or stage, with the possibility of further development
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is already tired, and the meeting has n't even started.
āϏ⧇ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ­āĻž āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϚāϞ⧋, āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇

used to express impatience or annoyance
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hurry up already, we're going to be late!
āϤāĻžā§œāĻžāϤāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻŦ!
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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