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Early Means Beginning I Period Time Earlier Day

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E____ means near the beginning of a day, week, year, or other period of time.Early means near the beginning of a day, week, year, or other period of time.
...in the 1970s and the early 1980s.
...a few weeks in early summer.
She was in her early teens.
...the early hours of Saturday morning.
We'll hope to see you some time early next week.
...early in the season.
word early
full-definition
adverb
Early means before the usual time that a particular event or activity happens .
I knew I had to get up early.
Why do we have to go to bed so early?
I decided that I was going to take early retirement.
I planned an early night.
Early means before the time that was arranged or expected.
She arrived early to secure a place at the front.
The first snow came a month earlier than usual.
I'm always early.
adjective
Early means near the beginning of a day, week, year, or other period of time.
...in the 1970s and the early 1980s.
...a few weeks in early summer.
She was in her early teens.
...the early hours of Saturday morning.
We'll hope to see you some time early next week.
...early in the season.
Early means near the beginning of a period in history, or in the history of something such as the world, a society, or an activity.
...the early stages of pregnancy.
...Fassbinder's early films.
...the early days of the occupation.
It's too early to declare his efforts a success.
Early means near the beginning of something such as a piece of work or a process.
...the book's early chapters.
...an incident which occurred much earlier in the game.
Early refers to plants which flower or crop before or at the beginning of the main season .
...these early cabbages and cauliflowers.
...early flowering shrubs.
Early reports or indications of something are the first reports or indications about it.
The early indications look encouraging.
Earlier reports that troops opened fire are now being denied.
inflections earlierearliest
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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