earliest
Appearance
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɝ.li.ɪst/, enPR: ûr′lēĭst
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.li.ɪst/, enPR: ûr′lēĭst
- Hyphenation: ear‧li‧est
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
[edit]earliest
- superlative form of early: most early
- 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
- One of the earliest (and biggest) space weather events on record occurred in September 1859, when a massive solar eruption crashed into the Earth's magnetosphere, triggering a geomagnetic storm that lasted for days.
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]earliest
- superlative form of early: most early