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English Dictionary: early	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for early
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
early adv during an early stage; "early on in her career" [syn: early on, early] before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time" Synonym(s): early, ahead of time, too soon Antonym(s): belatedly, late, tardily in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning" Synonym(s): early, betimes adj 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" Antonym(s): late, middle being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer" Antonym(s): late, later(a) belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" Synonym(s): early(a), former(a), other(a) very young; "at an early age" 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" Antonym(s): late, middle expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Early \Ear"ly\ ([etil]r"l[ycr]), adv. [OE. erli, erliche, AS. [aemac]rl[c6]ce; [aemac]r sooner + l[c6]c like. See {Ere}, and {Like}.] Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. Those that me early shall find me. --Prov. viii. 17. You must wake and call me early. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Early \Ear"ly\, a. [Compar. {Earlier} ([etil]r"l[icr][etil]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. Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. --Burke. The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. --Hawthorne. 2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc. Seen in life's early morning sky. --Keble. The forms of its earlier manhood. --Longfellow. The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer. --J. C. Shairp. {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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Early, IA (city, FIPS 23475) Location: 42.46087 N, 95.15252 W Population (1990): 649 (298 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50535 Early, TX (city, FIPS 21904) Location: 31.74452 N, 98.94073 W Population (1990): 2380 (992 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76801