English to English
adverb
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- comparatives of `soon' or `early'
Come a little sooner, if you can.
Came earlier than I expected.
source: WordNet 3.0
- before now
Why didn't you tell me in the first place?.
source: WordNet 3.0
adjective satellite
- (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.
source: WordNet 3.0
