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earlier

Letters that make earlier

a, e, l, r, i are letters that make 'earlier'

Words within earlier

ER, ear, IE, lie, earl, Lie, ar, Ea, li, ie, AR, Ar, Er, Li are words within 'earlier'

Anagrams of earlier

learier is an anagram of 'earlier'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of earlier

nearlier, pearlier are words created by adding a letter to 'earlier'

earlier is a 7 letter word starting with e
earlier is a 7 letter word ending with r

4 possible definitions for 'earlier'

Earlier as "comparatives of `soon' or `early'"

Under this definition, earlier is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

sooner has the same meaning as earlier

Example of earlier used within this context

"Come a little sooner, if you can", "came earlier than I expected"

Earlier as "before now"

Under this definition, earlier is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

in the first place, originally, in the beginning, to begin with have the same meaning as 'earlier'

Earlier as "earlier in time, previously"

Under this definition, earlier is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

before has the same meaning as earlier

Example of earlier used within this context

"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"

Earlier as "(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than, most early"

Under this definition, earlier is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

earliest has the same meaning as earlier

earlier Usage

'earlier' can be a useage of comparative, comparative degree.

Similar to earlier

early is similar to earlier.

Example of earlier used within this context

"a fashion popular in earlier times", "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher", "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"