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How to pronounce “early”
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Pronunciation guide for early
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of early with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Larry Brilliant: TED Prize wish: Help stop the next pandemic 26 minutes
The key to eradicating smallpox was early detection, early response.
- Definition summary
- At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
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How to pronounce early
Larry Brilliant: TED Prize wish: Help stop the next pandemic 26 minutes
The key to eradicating smallpox was early detection, early response.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “early”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
- Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
- After but close to the start of a period of time.
- In the starting hours of the day.
- Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
- (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
- [Noun]
- (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.
- [Adverb]
- At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
- Soon; in good time; seasonably.
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