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Synonyms for already

Grammar : Adv
Spell : awl-red-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ɔlˈrɛd i

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Définition of already

Origin :
  • c.1300, compound of all + ready (adj.); literally "fully ready." Cf. Norwegian, Danish allerede "already." Colloquial use in U.S. as a terminal emphatic (e.g. enough, already!) is attested from 1903, translating Yiddish shoyn, which is used in same sense. The pattern also is attested in Pennsylvania German and in South African.
  • adv before expected time
Example sentences :
  • Perhaps you already know that Anaxagoras fell asleep in Ionia.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I have another favour to ask, in addition to the many claims you already have upon me.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • But Uncle Peter had already put in some hard winters, and was not wanting in fortitude.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Anyway, he said, Jim had already sure-enough drowned as fur as there was any fun in it.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Miss Bines and young Milbrey were already on excellent terms.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • But the incendiary had taken care to do his work so well that it was already impossible.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He was already a mile distant from the vessel when Captain Haley came on deck.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • When they first set foot in Egypt that country was already terribly old.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Already the inward monitor was whispering to her, "Arise, flee for your life!"
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • A telephone message had already told him of the death of Bill Dozier.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

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