different between already vs sofar
already
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l???di/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l???di/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?l???di/
- Hyphenation: al?read?y
Etymology 1
From Middle English alredy, alredi, equivalent to al- +? ready. Compare Dutch alreeds (“already”), Afrikaans alreeds (“already”), Middle Low German alreide, alreids (“already”), Danish allerede (“already”), Swedish allaredan (“already”), Norwegian Nynorsk allereie (“already”). More at all, ready.
Adverb
already (not comparable)
- Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
- I was surprised that she hadn’t already told me the news.
- Much of what he said I knew already.
- It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant.
- So soon.
Usage notes
Already may be used with the present perfect (I have already done that), the past perfect (I had already done it by then), the future perfect (When you arrive, the business will already have been completed) or the simple future (When you arrive, the business will already be complete)."Already" and "all ready" do not mean the same thing. The two-word term can be used to mean "fully prepared".
Translations
Descendants
- ? Gulf Arabic: ?????? (orr?di)
See also
- yet
Etymology 2
Semantic loan from Yiddish ????? (shoyn).
Adverb
already (not comparable)
- (US) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
Anagrams
- adlayer
already From the web:
- what already happened in 2021
- what already mean
- what already know
- what already known about the topic
- what already yes
- what already know about the topic
- whats going to happen in 2021
- what will be happening in 2021
sofar
English
Etymology
Shortened from sound fixing and ranging. Compare sonar.
Noun
sofar (uncountable)
- A system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means of explosive sounds.
Anagrams
- Afros, afros, as for
sofar From the web:
- what so far means
- what so far so good means
- what so far away by avenged sevenfold about
- what so far
- what so far traduzione
- what so far ???????
- what so far ne demek
- what is sofar sounds
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