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Earlier

adverb

1.

Earlier in time; previously. Synonym: 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"

2.

Comparatives of 'soon' or 'early'. Synonym: sooner. "Came earlier than I expected"

3.

Before now. Synonyms: in the beginning, in the first place, originally, to begin with.

adjective

1.

(comparative and superlative of 'early') more early than; most early. Synonym: earliest. "His earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher" , "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

Early

adjective

(compar. earlier; superl. earliest)

1.

At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time. "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"

2.

Being or occurring at an early stage of development. "Early forms of life" , "Early man" , "An early computer"

3.

Belonging to the distant past. Synonyms: former, other. "Former generations" , "In other times"

4.

Very young.

5.

Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature. "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"

6.

Expected in the near future.

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