earlier 音标拼音: ['ɚliɚ]
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earlier adv 1 :
earlier in time ;
previously ; "
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 " [
synonym :
{
earlier }, {
before }]
2 :
comparatives of `
soon '
or `
early '; "
Come a little sooner ,
if you can "; "
came earlier than I expected " [
synonym : {
sooner },
{
earlier }]
3 :
before now ; "
why didn '
t you tell me in the first place ?"
[
synonym : {
in the first place }, {
earlier }, {
in the beginning },
{
to begin with }, {
originally }]
adj 1 : (
comparative and superlative of `
early ')
more early than ;
most early ; "
a fashion popular in earlier times "; "
his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher ";
"
Verdi '
s earliest and most raucous opera " [
synonym :
{
earlier }, {
earliest }]
earlier \
earlier \
adj .
occurring at a prior time ;
as ,
on earlier occasions .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
Early \
Ear "
ly \,
a . [
Compar . {
Earlier } ([~
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r "
l [
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e ]
r );
superl . {
Earliest }.] [
OE .
earlich . [
root ]
204 .
See {
Early },
adv .]
1 .
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety .
--
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them . --
Hawthorne .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Coming in the first part of a period of time ,
or among the first of successive acts ,
events ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
Seen in life '
s early morning sky . --
Keble .
[
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The forms of its earlier manhood . --
Longfellow .
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The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer . --
J .
C .
Shairp .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Early English } (
Philol .)
See the Note under {
English }.
{
Early English architecture },
the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England ,
succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries .
Syn :
Forward ;
timely ;
not late ;
seasonable .
[
1913 Webster ]
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
earlier ":
aforetime ,
already ,
antecedent ,
anterior ,
anticipatory ,
as yet ,
before ,
before all ,
before now ,
beforehand ,
beforetime ,
ci -
devant ,
down ,
early ,
elder ,
ere ,
ere then ,
erenow ,
erewhile ,
erst ,
erstwhile ,
first ,
fore ,
foregoing ,
former ,
formerly ,
heretofore ,
historically ,
hitherto ,
in the past ,
in times past ,
inferior ,
lower ,
lowest ,
nether ,
older ,
once ,
only yesterday ,
or ever ,
preceding ,
precurrent ,
preexistent ,
prehistorically ,
previous ,
previously ,
prime ,
prior ,
priorly ,
recently ,
senior ,
so far ,
sooner ,
subjacent ,
then ,
theretofore ,
thus far ,
under ,
whilom ,
yesterday ,
yet
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