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Etymology 1

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    FromMiddle Englisherly,erlich,earlich, fromOld Englishǣrlīċ(“early”,adjective), equivalent toere +‎-ly.

    Adjective

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    early (comparativeearlier,superlativeearliest)

    1. At atime inadvance of the usual or expected event.
      at eleven, we went for anearly lunch;  she began reading at anearly age;  his mother suffered anearly death
      • 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8842, page28:
        Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. Theearly, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
    2. Arriving a timebefore expected; sooner thanon time.
      You'reearly today! I don't usually see you before nine o'clock.
      Theearly guests sipped their punch and avoided each other's eyes.
    3. After butclose to thestart of a period of time.
      The play "Two Gentlemen of Verona" is one of Shakespeare'searly works.
      Early results showed their winning 245 out of 300 seats in parliament. The main opponent locked up only 31 seats.
      • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
        'Twasearly June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
      • 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:
        Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launchearly last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
      • 2017 June 30, Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, “Ticktock as Taskmaster: A Show About Metronomes and Musical Time”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
        It’s one of theearliest pieces in the comprehensive collection of metronomes by the British instrument dealer Tony Bingham, which forms the bulk of the Basel exhibition.
    4. In the starting hours of the day.
      It's tooearly for this sort of thing. I'm not awake yet.
    5. Having begun tooccur; in its early stages.
      early cancer
    6. (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
      Antonym:late
    Synonyms
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    • (at a time in advance of the usual):premature
    • (near but after the start):first
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    • (at a time in advance of the usual):late
    • (illness: having begun to occur):terminal
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    Translations
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    at a time in advance of the usual
    arriving at a time before expected
    near but after the start or beginning
    illness: having begun to occur
    relating to age—see alsoabout
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    Noun

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    early (pluralearlies)

    1. (informal) Ashift(scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.
      • 2007, Paul W. Browning,The Good Guys Wear Blue, page193:
        On my first day on the watch after leaving the shoplifting squad I paraded onearlies but had completely forgotten to take my ear ring off.
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    Etymology 2

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      FromMiddle Englisherly,orely,arely,erliche,arliche, fromOld Englishǣrlīċe,ārlīċe(“early; early in the morning”,adverb), equivalent toere +‎-ly. Cognate withOld Norseárliga,árla ( >Danishårle,Swedisharla,Norwegianårle,Faroeseárla).

      Adverb

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      early (comparativeearlier,superlativeearliest)

      1. At a timebefore expected; sooner thanusual.
        We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we leftearly.
        I had children tooearly (in life), so my first baby arrivedearly.
        • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter IV, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC,page46:
          No matter howearly I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
        • 2018 April 5, Patrick Barkham,The Guardian‎[2]:
          While warmer springs cause the early spider orchid to flowerearlier in May, climate warming is also causing female bees to emerge from hibernation evenearlier – confounding the orchid’s attempts to dupe the male bees.
      2. Soon; in good time;seasonably.
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      at a time before expected

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