Meaning of ALREADY
| Pronunciation: | | ol'redee
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| | Definition: | | [adv] prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated" |
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| | Antonyms: | | not yet | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al*read"y\, adv. [All (OE. al) + ready.]
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or
future; by this time; previously. ``Joseph was in Egypt
already.'' --Exod. i. 5.
I say unto you, that Elias is come already. --Matt.
xvii. 12.
Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used for a
future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business
will be already completed, or will have been already
completed.
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| | Related Terms: | | as yet, before, before all, by this time, earlier, early, ere, ere then, erenow, erstwhile, even, formerly, heretofore, hereunto, hitherto, once, or ever, previously, priorly, so far, still, then as previously, theretofore, thus far, till now, to date, to this day, until now, until this time, up to now, yet |
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