early, adj.
(earlier, earliest)
freq. cnt. 119
(earlier, earliest)
freq. cnt. 119
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 79 freq. cnt.: 79
early
sample 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"
semantic pointers
also see
attribute
similar to
being or occurring at an early stage of development
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 22
early
sample sentences
"in an early stage""early forms of life"
"early man"
"an early computer"
semantic pointers
similar to
belonging to the distant past
<adj.all> (a) (a) (a) freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
early former other
sample sentences
"the early inhabitants of Europe""former generations"
"in other times"
semantic pointers
similar to
very young
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
early
of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
early
sample 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"
expected in the near future
<adj.all>
early