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Definition 2024

earlier

earlier

English

Adjective

earlier

comparative form of early: more early
occurring previously
I shall be late because I missed the earlier train.

Translations

comparative of early

Dutch: eerder (nl)
Finnish: aiempi (fi), aikaisempi (fi)
Greek: νωρίτερος m ‎(noríteros)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: tidligere (no)
Polish: wcześniej (pl)
Portuguese: mais cedo
Russian: бо́лее ра́нний ‎(bóleje ránnij)

occurring previously

Finnish: aiempi (fi), aikaisempi (fi)
Greek: προηγούμενος (el) m ‎(proigoúmenos)

Italian: precedente (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tidligere (no)
Portuguese: precedente (pt), anterior (pt)

Adverb

earlier

comparative form of early: more early
previously; before now; sooner
I shall be late because I didn't start earlier.

Translations

comparitive of early and of soon

Chinese:
Mandarin: 前一陣, 前一阵 ‎(qián yīzhèn)
Finnish: aikaisemmin (fi), aiemmin (fi), varhemmin (fi)
French: plus tôt

Georgian: ადრე ‎(adre)
German: früher (de), eher (de)
Italian: prima (it)
Russian: ра́ньше (ru) ‎(ránʹše), ра́нее (ru) ‎(ráneje)

previously; before now; sooner

Finnish: aikaisemmin (fi), aiemmin (fi)

French: plus tôt
Italian: prima (it)