early /'ә:li/

Meaning

English definition

• (adj.) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
• (adj.) being or occurring at an early stage of development
• (adj.) belonging to the distant past

Chinese translation

• a. 早的, 早熟的
• adv. 很早, 初

Word details

Part of speech

adjective / adverb

Pronunciation

/'ә:li/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao

Frequency

Zipf 5.43 · Common

Word forms

earlier, earliest

Creature card

On Wordtopia, "early" is an adjective-type pixel creature (Germanic · Animal creature, Common card). Its letters shape the look, its etymology the size and its frequency the rarity. Collect it, level it up by writing sentences, and learn its part of speech in word battles.

Draw cards and collect it · Play Word Battle · Browse all words