OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 808

early

/ˈɜːli/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
precoz • prematuro • tempranero • temprano
At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers,…
at eleven, we went for an early lunch; she began reading at an early age; his mother suffered an early death
primero
After but close to the start of a period of time.
Early results showed their winning 245 out of 300 seats in parliament. The main opponent locked up only 31 seats.
The play "Two Gentlemen of Verona" is one of Shakespeare's early works.
precoz • temprano
Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
early cancer
Word forms
📚 adv • entry_id 809

early

/ˈɜːli/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
temprano
At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
I had children too early (in life), so my first baby arrived early.
We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.
Word forms