Definition
early: in advance, premature, too soon; untimely
The client arrived earlier than expected. He told us he would come at 2pm but he arrived at 1.45pm.
early (January): at the beginning of, in the first few days of, at the start of (January)
- "We'll have to strike earlier than anticipated."
- "Their partnership came to an unfortunate end however when Xavier died in a suspicious explosion in the early 1980s."
- "Brian : Yeah, but on Friday, I can leave early, and then I become a punk rocker!"
- "Listen up everybody, because of Bruno's work, all of you can leave early!"
- "Susie : By the way, I wanted to thank you for your support at the meeting earlier."
- "Susie : It's funny, earlier in the helicopter, I thought... for a second, I thought you said... oh, never mind, it's so ridiculous."
- "It would have been cool to find this place earlier in my career."
- "Their partnership ended when Xavier died in a suspicious explosion in the early 1980s."
- "The Delavigne Corporation is one of San Francisco's most-respected local businesses, producing fine products since the early twentieth century."
- "January 25th, 2019: A hot air balloon flying off the California coast reportedly crashed over the Pacific Ocean early this morning."
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