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adv 1: during an early stage; "early on in her career" [syn:
early on, early]
2: before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated
early"; "the house was completed ahead of time" [syn:
early, ahead of time, too soon] [ant: belatedly,
late, tardily]
3: in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning" [syn: early,
betimes]
adj 1: 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"; "early diagnosis"; "an
early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring";
"early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most
standard varieties" [ant: late, middle]
2: being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an
early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early
computer" [ant: late, later(a)]
3: belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of
Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn:
early(a), former(a), other(a)]
4: very young; "at an early age"
5: 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" [ant: late, middle]
6: expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the
negotiations"
