Early
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Early has two main meanings:
1. At or near the beginning of a specific time:
- It was early in the afternoon (it was near the beginning of the afternoon)
- He lived there in the early '80s (he lived there at the beginning of the 1980s, perhaps in 1982)
- The language of the early Christian church was Greek (... at the beginning of the Christian church ...)
2. Before a planned / usual time:
- We expected him to come at 8 o'clock, but he was early (he came before 8 o'clock, the planned time)
- She gets up early in the morning (she gets up before people usually get up)
- She learned to read very early (she learned to read before children usually learn to read)