earlier
Previously; before now; soonerPreviously; before now; sooner
» I will come earlier next time.
Nächstes Mal werde ich früher kommen. — MUIRIEL
В следующий раз приду пораньше. — marafon
У наступний раз я прийду раніше. — rmdas
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1 sensesPreviously; before now; sooner
From what I vaguely saw earlier this morning, when I had just woken up and was tidying my bed, a tall, bulky person left an unfamiliar box at my front door.
I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.
vorher
before now
Examples
1346 sentencesI will come earlier next time.
У наступний раз я прийду раніше. — rmdas
ruВ следующий раз приду пораньше. — marafon
deNächstes Mal werde ich früher kommen. — MUIRIEL
I got up earlier than usual.
Я встав раніше, ніж зазвичай. — deniko
ruЯ встал раньше, чем обычно. — Balamax
deIch stand früher auf als sonst. — raggione
You should have gotten up earlier.
Тобі слід було встати раніше. — deniko
ruТебе надо было встать раньше. — marafon
deDu hättest früher aufstehen sollen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I met with Tom earlier today.
Я вже з Томом сьогодні зустрічався. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
ruЯ встретился с Томом ранее сегодня. — astru
I wish you'd told me this earlier.
Шкода, що ти не сказав мені цього раніше. — deniko
ruЖаль, что ты не сказал мне этого раньше. — marafon
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Synonyms
6 synonyms- earlier in time; previously:before
- before now:in the first placein the beginningto begin withoriginally
- comparatives of ‘soon’ or ‘early’:sooner
Collocations
12 patterns- earlier earlier
- earlier earlier than
- here earlier earlier
- earlier than usual
- left earlier earlier
- up earlier earlier
- that earlier earlier
- earlier earlier today
- this earlier earlier
- earlier earlier this
- little earlier earlier
- arrived earlier earlier
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.