āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
early
01
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻā§
happening or done before the usual or scheduled time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We had an early dinner before the concert.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāύāϏāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The earlier chapters of the book introduce the main characters.
āĻŦāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āϧā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ, āϏāĻāĻžāϞā§āϰ
happening near the beginning of a defined period, such as a lifetime, season, day, etc.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flowers bloomed beautifully in the early days of spring.
āĻĢā§āϞāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāϏāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧠āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĢā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Archaeologists discovered tools used by early humans in Africa.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āύāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āϏāϰāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
05
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻļā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāĻā§āĻŦ
(of plants, crops, etc.) blooming or maturing sooner than the other kinds
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This variety of corn is known for being an early producer in the growing season.
āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāϤāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§āϏā§āĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻāϤā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
06
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻŽ
referring to the initial stages of a historical period, cultural movement, language, or literary tradition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Early English literature includes works like Beowulf.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āĻāϞā§āĻĢā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
07
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ, āύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§
expected to occur soon or in the near future
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I âll need your feedback at the earliest opportunity to move forward.
āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϝāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
01
āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻā§
before the usual or scheduled time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She woke up early to study for the exam.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧠āϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻ ā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤā§
used to indicate that something was done at an advantageous or preliminary stage
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The disease was diagnosed early, which improved the chances of recovery.
āϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§
near the beginning of a defined period or activity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team scored a goal early in the first half of the game.
āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻžāϰā§āϧ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
earliness
earlyish
early
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