Dictionary Entry
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.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
- 2adverb
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.
- 3adverb
Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.
- 4adjective
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"
- 5adjective
being or occurring at an early stage of development
"in an early stage"
"early forms of life"
- 6adjective
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"
- 7adjective
very young
"at an early age"
- 8adjective
belonging to the distant past
"the early inhabitants of Europe"
"former generations"
- 9adjective
expected in the near future
"look for an early end to the negotiations"
- 10adverb
before the usual time or the time expected
"she graduated early"
"the house was completed ahead of time"
- 11adverb
in good time
"he awoke betimes that morning"
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- 12adverb
during an early stage
"early on in her career"
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