before the usual or expected time; in the first part of something; near the beginning of something
He arrived earlier than the other students.
He arrived earlier than the other students.
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When Katie had wished earlier that she could be someone else, what had happened?
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The Democratic Party is descended from what earlier party?
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What had Mrs. Cornelius been in her earlier life?
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The police arrested the recidivist on the same charge four years earlier.
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The leave-taking was restrained without her earlier displays of emotions.
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What had Wayne and his friends found near the sunken ship at an earlier time?
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How many years earlier had Matt's father died?
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Mammoths and modern elephants may have developed from earlier mastodons.
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Why did the dad get up earlier than the boy?
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Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.
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Why did Barry arrive in Smallville way earlier than Bruce and Diana?
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Why is it important that Aggie remembers Roddy was missing his yellow glove earlier in the day?
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Dreidels were well used during Hanukkah because in earlier times......
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What English colony had been established in Virginia earlier in 1607?
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beginning; early; previous; ahead; beforehand
late
3 syllables
ear-li-er
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