(idiomatic) A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others.

(baseball) The first, second, and third innings. / The early stages of any project or extended event.

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Being shown a red card in soccer.

Describing a period of primarily European history between the Middle Ages and the modern period; the time between c. 1500–1800.

Synonym of Old Latin

A time too soon to make a decision or come to a conclusion. / The initial period of an innovation / Initial stages of a project.

(Northern England) Early; at a time before expected; sooner than usual.

(Northern England) Early, near the start or beginning.

(Cockney rhyming slang) Women's drawers.

(programming) Subject to early binding.