Definition of earlier

adverb (r)

• earlier in time; previously (adv.all)

  Example:
  He called me the day before but your call had come even earlier.
  Her parents had died four years earlier.
  I mentioned that problem earlier.
  

  source: wordnet30
• comparatives of `soon' or `early' (adv.all)

  Example:
  Came earlier than I expected.
  

  source: wordnet30
• before now (adv.all)

  source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

• (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early (adj.all)

  Synonym: earliest
  

  Example:
  A fashion popular in earlier times.
  His earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher.
  

  source: wordnet30

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