0 near the beginning of a period of time, or before the usual, expected, or planned time:
I like being a little early for interviews.
I'm going to have an early night (= go to sleep before my usual time).
Henry Ford was a pioneer during the early days/years of car manufacture.
My earliest (= first) memory is of being shown around our new house.
Here's a dish I prepared earlier (= I made a short time ago).
I'm very busy, so I won't be with you till four o'clock at the earliest.
1 near the beginning of (a period of time), or before the usual, expected, or planned time:
Sheena’s in her early thirties.
If you finish early (= before the end of the allowed time) you can go home.
Detroit has been an automotive center since the early days/years (= the beginning time) of car manufacturing.
Here’s a dish I prepared earlier (= I made a short time ago).
It was a great race for Needles, who took the lead early on (= soon after the start).
2 used to ask someone to do something, or to say that you will do something as soon as possible:
Please give me a call back at your earliest convenience on extension one two four seven.
Plant growth is most noticeable in spring and early summer.
We had expected to arrive an hour late, but actually we were early.
In earlier books (1990, 1995), he has introduced much-needed grammatical sophistication into research on human linguistic prehistory.
Thus, although a narrator's views are evident covertly through her choice of story, the overt message emanates from the characters or earlier tellers.
All the transcripts for the child prior to the offer of that word were searched to identify any earlier adult or child uses.
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