English Dictionary

early

/ˈɝli/

adj

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event. / Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time. / Near the start or beginning. / Near the start of the day.

She woke up early in the morning.

意味（1）

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

at eleven, we went for an early lunch; she began reading at an early age; his mother suffered an early death

意味（2）

Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.

You're early today! I don't usually see you before nine o'clock.

意味（3）

Near the start or beginning.

The play Two Gentlemen of Verona is one of Shakespeare's early works.

意味（4）

Near the start of the day.

It's too early for this sort of thing. I'm not awake yet.

意味（5）

Having begun to occur; in its early stages.

early cancer

意味（6）

(astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.