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preceding
English
Alternative forms
- præceding (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???si?d??/, /p?i??si?d??/
- Rhymes: -i?d??
Adjective
preceding (not comparable)
- Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
- On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:former
Antonyms
- succeeding, see also Thesaurus:subsequent
Translations
Verb
preceding
- present participle of precede
Anagrams
- decerping
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early
English
Etymology
From Middle English erly, erli, from Old English ?rl??e, ?rl??e (“early; early in the morning”), equivalent to ere +? -ly. Cognate with Old Norse árla ( > Danish and Norwegian årle, Swedish arla, Faroese árla). Compare also West Frisian earen (“early”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??li/, enPR: ûr?l?
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.li/, enPR: ûr?l?
- Rhymes: -??(?)li
- Hyphenation: ear?ly
- Homophone: Earley
Adjective
early (comparative earlier, superlative earliest)
- 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.
- Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
- Antonym: late
Synonyms
- (at a time in advance of the usual): premature
- (near the start): first
Antonyms
- (at a time in advance of the usual): late
- (illness: having begun to occur): terminal
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adverb
early (comparative earlier, superlative earliest)
- At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
- Soon; in good time; seasonably.
- Those that seek me early shall find me.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The May Queen
- You must wake and call me early.
Synonyms
- prematurely
Antonyms
- late, tardily
Translations
Noun
early (plural earlies)
- (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.
Antonyms
- late
Anagrams
- Arely, Arley, Layer, Leary, Raley, Rayle, layer, leary, re-lay, relay
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