What is "earlier" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does earlier mean in English? Meaning of earlier definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "earlier" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "earlier": (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

Adjective

  • Meaning: (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
  • Example: a fashion popular in earlier times his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera
  • Synonyms: earlier earliest
  • Similar: early
  • Meaning of "earlier": earlier in time; previously

    Adverb

  • Meaning: earlier in time; previously
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: before earlier
  • Meaning of "earlier": comparatives of `soon' or `early'

    Adverb

  • Meaning: comparatives of `soon' or `early'
  • Example: Come a little sooner, if you can came earlier than I expected
  • Synonyms: earlier sooner
  • Meaning of "earlier": before now

    Adverb

  • Meaning: before now
  • Example: why didn't you tell me in the first place?
  • Synonyms: earlier in the beginning in the first place originally to begin with
  • Adjective: comparative form of early: more earlyoccurring previously I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.
  • Synonyms:

    prior, previous, preceding,

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    earlier in English: earlier
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