Definition of Earlier

Adjective

  • (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than
    most early
    "a fashion popular in earlier times"
    "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"
    "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

Adverb

  • before now
    "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
    - in the first place - in the beginning - to begin with
  • comparatives of `soon' or `early'
    "Come a little sooner, if you can"
    "came earlier than I expected"
  • earlier in time
    previously
    "I had known her before"
    "as I said before"
    "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"
    "her parents had died four years earlier"
    "I mentioned that problem earlier"
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Unscramble earlier

75 unscramble word found using the letters earlier.
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