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early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" |
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middle between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
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late being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"
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first ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
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timing the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
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aboriginal,
primaeval,
primal,
primeval,
primordial having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
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advance
beforehand
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archaean,
archean of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon
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archaeozoic,
archeozoic of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era; "archeozoic life forms"
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azoic before the appearance of life; "azoic rocks contain not organic remains"
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earlier,
earliest (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"
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earlyish being somewhat early; "at an earlyish hour"
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premature,
untimely uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
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premature,
previous uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
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proterozoic formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era; "proterozoic life forms"
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wee very early; "the wee hours of the morning"
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early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer" |
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late,
later being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"
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archaic,
primitive little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
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new,
young unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job"
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crude,
primitive,
rude not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
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embryonic,
embryotic in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"
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inchoate,
incipient only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea"
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precocious appearing or developing early; "precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias"
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early - of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700" |
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middle between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
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late being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"
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linguistics the humanistic study of language and literature
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old of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
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early - very young; "at an early age" |
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immature,
young not yet mature
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early - expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations" |
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future yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
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early - before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time" |
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belatedly,
late,
tardily later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"
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early - in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning" |
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