earliest
Meaning of earliest
adjective
- At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
at eleven, we went for an early lunch; she began reading at an early age; his mother suffered an early death
- Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
The early guests sipped their punch and avoided each other's eyes.
- Near the start or beginning.
Early results showed their winning 245 out of 300 seats in parliament. The main opponent locked up only 31 seats.
- Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
early cancer
- Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
- At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.
- Soon; in good time; seasonably.
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Hyphenation of earliest
ear-li-est
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- earliest is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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Anagrams of earliest
ateliers, leariest, realties, tresaiel
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