earlier

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɝliɚ/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɜː.lɪə/
• Hyphenation: ear‧li‧er

Adjective

earlier

1. comparative form of early: more early
2. occurring previously

   I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.

   • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     Machine learning uses computer algorithms to teach machines to make independent decisions by learning from earlier or existing behavior.

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Translations

comparative of early

• Danish: tidligere
• Dutch: eerder (nl)
• Finnish: aiempi (fi), aikaisempi (fi)
• Greek: νωρίτερος m (noríteros)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tidligere (no)

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• Polish: wcześniej (pl)
• Portuguese: mais cedo
• Russian: бо́лее ра́нний (bóleje ránnij)
• Swedish: tidigare (sv)

occurring previously

• Danish: tidligere
• Esperanto: antaŭa
• Finnish: aiempi (fi), aikaisempi (fi)
• German: vorherig (de)
• Greek: προηγούμενος (el) m (proïgoúmenos)

  Ancient: πρότερος (próteros)

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• Italian: precedente (it)
• Latin: prius (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tidligere (no)

• Portuguese: precedente (pt), anterior (pt)
• Swedish: tidigare (sv)

Adverb

earlier

1. comparative form of early: more early
2. previously; before now; sooner

   I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.

   They were looking for some measuring equipment they had placed in the ice earlier.

Translations

comparative of early and of soon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前一陣／前一阵, 前一阵 (qián yīzhèn)

• Finnish: aikaisemmin (fi), aiemmin (fi), varhemmin (fi)
• French: plus tôt
• Georgian: ადრე (adre)
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• German: früher (de), eher (de)
• Italian: prima (it)
• Russian: ра́ньше (ru) (ránʹše), ра́нее (ru) (ráneje)
• Swedish: tidigare (sv)

previously; before now; sooner

• Esperanto: antaŭe
• Finnish: aikaisemmin (fi), aiemmin (fi)
• French: plus tôt
• German: vorher (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πρότερον (próteron)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: prima (it)
• Spanish: antes (es)
• Swedish: tidigare (sv)

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