eng: earlier

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Meaning
means	(adjective) (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera" earlier, earliest
means	(adverb) earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier" earlier, before
means	(adverb) comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected" sooner, earlier
means	(adverb) before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?" to begin with, originally, in the beginning, in the first place, earlier