OXFORD 9000
📚 adv • entry_id 8676

already

/ɔːlˈɹɛdi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ya
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.
ya
So soon.
Are you quitting already?
ya
An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
Enough already!
I wish they'd finish already, so we can get going.
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