earlier

Words with a similar base: earlier

'earlier'

[earlier.s.01] as in: (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

Examples:
a fashion popular in earlier times
his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher
Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera

'earlier'

[early.a.01] as in: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

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

'earlier'

[early.a.02] as in: being or occurring at an early stage of development

Examples:
in an early stage
early forms of life
early man
an early computer

'earlier'

[early.s.01] as in: belonging to the distant past

Examples:
the early inhabitants of Europe
former generations
in other times

'earlier'

[early.s.02] as in: very young

Examples:
at an early age

'earlier'

[early.a.05] as in: of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

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

'earlier'

[early.s.03] as in: expected in the near future

Examples:
look for an early end to the negotiations

'earlier'

[earlier.r.01] as in: earlier in time; previously

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

'earlier'

[sooner.r.01] as in: comparatives of `soon' or `early'

Examples:
Come a little sooner, if you can
came earlier than I expected

'earlier'

[in_the_first_place.r.01] as in: before now

Examples:
why didn't you tell me in the first place?

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