Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Adjective
S: (adj) early (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time) "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
S: (adj) early (being or occurring at an early stage of development) "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
S: (adj) early, former, other (belonging to the distant past) "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
S: (adj) early (of an early stage in the development of a language or literature) "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"
S: (adj) early (expected in the near future) "look for an early end to the negotiations"
Adverb
S: (adv) early on, early (during an early stage) "early on in her career"
S: (adv) early, ahead of time, too soon (before the usual time or the time expected) "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"
S: (adv) early, betimes (in good time) "he awoke betimes that morning"