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early

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɝli/

Adjective

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event. / Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time. / Near the start or beginning. / Near the start of the day.

Japanese Meaning

通常または期待される時刻よりも前に、予定より早い状態 / 到着などが予想よりも早く、定刻よりも前に行われる / 始まりや開始に近い位置・時間にある状態 / 一日の始まり、特に朝の初めに近い状態

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The early commuters caught the first train and beat the rush hour.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

予定より早く出発した通勤客は始発電車に乗ってラッシュアワーを避けた。

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At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

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Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.

You're early today! I don't usually see you before nine o'clock.

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Near the start or beginning.

The play "Two Gentlemen of Verona" is one of Shakespeare's early works.

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Near the start of the day.

It's too early for this sort of thing. I'm not awake yet.

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Having begun to occur; in its early stages.

early cancer

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Sense（6）

(astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.

earlier

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earliest

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