earlier
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
a fashion popular in earlier times
Related & opposite
- comparative domain usage
- early similar to
Sense 2 adverb
earlier in time; previously
I had known her before
Sense 3 adverb
comparatives of `soon' or `early'
Come a little sooner, if you can
Sense 4 adverb
before now
why didn't you tell me in the first place?
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | comparative |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | early |