early
early is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as adverb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adverb. Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
- adverb. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.
- adverb. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.
- adjective. at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
"early morning"
"an early warning"
- adjective. being or occurring at an early stage of development
"in an early stage"
"early forms of life"
- adjective. of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
"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"
- adjective. very young
"at an early age"
- adjective. belonging to the distant past
"the early inhabitants of Europe"
"former generations"
- adjective. expected in the near future
"look for an early end to the negotiations"
- adverb. before the usual time or the time expected
"she graduated early"
"the house was completed ahead of time"
- adverb. in good time
"he awoke betimes that morning"
- adverb. during an early stage
"early on in her career"
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