Overview of adj earlier
The adj earlier has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (18) earlier -- (occurring earlier in time; "on earlier occasions")
2. earlier, earliest -- ((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")
Overview of adj early
The adj early has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (80) early -- (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")
2. (22) early -- (being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer)
3. (10) early, former, other -- (of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times")
4. (6) early -- (very young; "at an early age")
5. (2) early -- ((linguistics) 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")
6. early -- (expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations")
Overview of adv earlier
The adv earlier has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (18) earlier, before -- (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")
2. (7) sooner, earlier -- (comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected")
3. (1) in the first place earlier, in the beginning, to begin with originally -- (before now "why didn't you tell me in the first place?")
Antonyms of adj earlier
2 senses of earlier
Sense 1
earlier
INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present
INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future
Sense 2
earlier, earliest
INDIRECT (VIA late, early) -> middle
INDIRECT (VIA early, middle) -> late
Antonyms of adj early
6 senses of early
Sense 1
early (vs. middle) (vs. late)
middle (vs. late) (vs. early)
=> intervening
=> mid(postnominal)
late (vs. early) (vs. middle)
=> advanced, ripe
=> after-hours
=> in arrears(prenominal)
=> later(postnominal), last(postnominal), latter(postnominal)
=> latish
=> posthumous
Sense 2
early (vs. late)
late (vs. early), later(postnominal)
=> advanced(postnominal)
=> tardive
Sense 3
early(postnominal), former(postnominal), other(postnominal)
INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present
INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future
Sense 4
early
INDIRECT (VIA young) -> old
Sense 5
early (vs. middle) (vs. late)
middle (vs. late) (vs. early)
late (vs. early) (vs. middle)
=> Modern, New
=> New
Sense 6
early
INDIRECT (VIA present, future) -> past
INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present
Similarity of adj earlier
2 senses of earlier
Sense 1
earlier
=> past (vs. present) (vs. future)
Sense 2
earlier, earliest
=> early (vs. middle) (vs. late)
Similarity of adj early
6 senses of early
Sense 1
early (vs. middle) (vs. late)
=> aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial
=> advance(postnominal), beforehand(prenominal)
=> archean, archaean
=> archeozoic, archaeozoic
=> azoic
=> earlier, earliest
=> earlyish
=> matutinal
=> premature, untimely
=> previous(prenominal), premature
=> proterozoic
=> proto(postnominal)
=> wee
Also See-> first#1
Sense 2
early (vs. late)
=> archaic, primitive
=> baby, new young
=> beginning(postnominal), novice(postnominal)
=> crude, primitive, rude
=> embryo(postnominal), embryonic, embryotic, in embryo
=> incipient, inchoate
=> precocious
Sense 3
early(postnominal), former(postnominal), other(postnominal)
=> past (vs. present) (vs. future)
Sense 4
early
=> young (vs. old), immature
Sense 5
early (vs. middle) (vs. late)
=> Old
Sense 6
early
=> future (vs. past) (vs. present)
Attributes of adj earlier
Attributes of adj early
1 of 6 senses of early
Sense 1
early (vs. middle) (vs. late)
=> timing
Familiarity of adj earlier
earlier used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Familiarity of adj early
early used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6)
Grep of adj earlier
earlier
Grep of adj early
biyearly
early
earlyish
pearly
yearly
Overview of adj earlier
The adj earlier has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (18) earlier -- (occurring earlier in time; "on earlier occasions")
2. earlier, earliest -- ((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")
Overview of adj early
The adj early has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (80) early -- (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")
2. (22) early -- (being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer)
3. (10) early, former, other -- (of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times")
4. (6) early -- (very young; "at an early age")
5. (2) early -- ((linguistics) 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")
6. early -- (expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations")
Overview of adv earlier
The adv earlier has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (18) earlier, before -- (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")
2. (7) sooner, earlier -- (comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected")
3. (1) in the first place earlier, in the beginning, to begin with originally -- (before now "why didn't you tell me in the first place?")
earlier definition
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