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单词 earlier
释义
Earlier
adj satadj.all(comparative and superlative of 'early') more early than; most early
Domain Usage:comparativecomparative degree
Synset:earliest
Examples:
  • a fashion popular in earlier times
  • his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher
  • Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera
Antonyms:latemiddle
Inherited Hypernyms:earlier
Similar to:early
adjadj.allat or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
Attributes:timing
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:latemiddle
Derivationally Related Form:earliness
Inherited Hypernyms:early
Similar to:aboriginal primaeval primal primeval primordial advance beforehand archaean archean archaeozoic archeozoic azoic earlier earliest earlyish premature untimely premature previous proterozoic proto wee
See also:first
adjadj.allbeing or occurring at an early stage of development
Examples:
  • in an early stage
  • early forms of life
  • early man
  • an early computer
Antonyms:late
Derivationally Related Form:earliness
Inherited Hypernyms:early
Similar to:archaic primitive crude primitive rude embryonic embryotic inchoate incipient new young precocious
adj satadj.allbelonging to the distant past
Synset:early former other
Examples:
  • the early inhabitants of Europe
  • former generations
  • in other times
Antonyms:futurepresent
Inherited Hypernyms:early
Similar to:past
adj satadj.allvery young
Examples:
  • at an early age
Antonyms:old
Inherited Hypernyms:early
Similar to:immature young
adjadj.allof an early stage in the development of a language or literature
Topic:linguistics
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:latemiddle
Derivationally Related Form:earliness
Inherited Hypernyms:early
Similar to:Old
adj satadj.allexpected in the near future
Examples:
  • look for an early end to the negotiations
Antonyms:pastpresent
Inherited Hypernyms:early
Similar to:future
advadv.allearlier in time; previously
Synset:before
Examples:
  • I had known her before
  • as I said before
  • he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier
  • her parents had died four years earlier
  • I mentioned that problem earlier
Inherited Hypernyms:earlier
advadv.allcomparatives of 'soon' or 'early'
Synset:sooner
Examples:
  • Come a little sooner, if you can
  • came earlier than I expected
Inherited Hypernyms:sooner
advadv.allbefore now
Synset:in the beginning in the first place originally to begin with
Examples:
  • why didn't you tell me in the first place?
Inherited Hypernyms:in the first place
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