English Dictionary

early

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɝli/

形容詞

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.

日本語の意味

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

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

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。

意味（1）

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

at eleven, we went for an early lunch; she began reading at an early age; his mother suffered an early death

意味（2）

Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.

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

意味（3）

Near the start or beginning.

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

意味（4）

Near the start of the day.

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

意味（5）

Having begun to occur; in its early stages.

early cancer

意味（6）

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

earlier （ comparative ）

earliest （ superlative ）