'Early' definitions:

Definition of 'early'

(from WordNet)
adverb
During an early stage; "early on in her career" [syn: early on, early]
adverb
Before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time" [syn: early, ahead of time, too soon] [ant: belatedly, late, tardily]
adverb
In good time; "he awoke betimes that morning" [syn: early, betimes]
adjective
At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" [ant: late, middle]
adjective
Being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer" [ant: late, later(a)]
adjective
Belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn: early(a), former(a), other(a)]
adjective
Very young; "at an early age"
adjective
Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700" [ant: late, middle]
adjective
Expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"

Definition of 'Early'

From: GCIDE
  • Early \Ear"ly\ ([~e]r"l[y^]), adv. [OE. erli, erliche, AS. [=ae]rl[imac]ce; [=ae]r sooner + l[imac]c like. See Ere, and Like.] Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. [1913 Webster]
  • Those that me early shall find me. --Prov. viii. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • You must wake and call me early. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Early'

From: GCIDE
  • Early \Ear"ly\, a. [Compar. Earlier ([~e]r"l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Earliest.] [OE. earlich. [root]204. See Early, adv.]
  • 1. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit. [1913 Webster]
  • Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Seen in life's early morning sky. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • The forms of its earlier manhood. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
  • Early English (Philol.) See the Note under English.
  • Early English architecture, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries.
  • Syn: Forward; timely; not late; seasonable. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'early'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Early, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Early, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000) :
605
Housing Units (2000) :
293
Land area (2000) :
0.394821 sq. miles (1.022582 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.394821 sq. miles (1.022582 sq. km)
FIPS code :
23475
Located within :
Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location :
42.461903 N, 95.151290 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
50535
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Early, TX -- U.S. city in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Early, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000) :
2588
Housing Units (2000) :
1080
Land area (2000) :
2.567012 sq. miles (6.648529 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.567012 sq. miles (6.648529 sq. km)
FIPS code :
21904
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
31.744601 N, 98.941171 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
76801
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Early -- U.S. County in Georgia

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Early -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000) :
12354
Housing Units (2000) :
5338
Land area (2000) :
511.232451 sq. miles (1324.085913 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
5.038120 sq. miles (13.048671 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
516.270571 sq. miles (1337.134584 sq. km)
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
31.311249 N, 84.936136 W

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